| LEA | Maker of the postWW2 2.5 litre Sports (3,7) |
| FRANCIS | Maker of the postWW2 2.5 litre Sports (3,7) |
| MONDIAL | Ferrari V8 produced from 1980 to '93, though I prefer to remember the mid-'50s 2.0-litre sports-racer from which it took its name (7) |
| TWENTYFOUR | The number of valves in the Ford Probe's 2.5-litre V6 (6-4) |
| VICEROYS | Rare 2.5-litre Vauxhalls from the early 1980s (8) |
| RMBS | 2.5-litre saloons that Riley brought out in 1946 (4) |
| GAMMA | Lancia's upmarket Pininfarinabodied saloon/coupe with 2.5-litre flat-four engine, built from 1976 to 1984 (5) |
| TIMEPERIOD | The . in 2.5 seconds? |
| TOLEDOOHIO | City about 2.5 hours west of Cleveland |
| COPPERBELT | Industrial region of Zambia (12,096 sq miles; pop about 2.5 million) (10) |
| COPACABANA | Bairro (neighbourhood) of southern Rio de Janeiro famous for its curved 2.5-mile (4km) beach (10) |
| GREATAGAIN | In an April 9 press release, President Trump vowed to "Make America's Showers ___" by revoking an Obama-era limit of 2.5 gallons per minute on showerheads |
| TENNISBALL | About 2.5" in diameter |
| DECIMAL | The little point between the '2' and '5' of 2.5 |
| NECCO | In the 1930s Admiral Byrd took 2.5 tons of this company's candy wafers to the South Pole |
| ROPE | District and 'scattered settlement' of East Cheshire that straddles the Crewe-Nantwich railway; approximately 2.5 miles south of Crewe town centre, its neighbours are Shavington, Willaston and Wistast |
| EAGLES | White-tailed -; with wingspans of up to 2.5 metres, the UK's largest birds of prey (6) |
| OSTRICH | It is the largest of all birds alive today. It stands 2.5 m tall and weighs about 130 kg, more than twice as much as the average human. It cannot fly, but it is a very fast runner, at about 60 km/h. |
| STDAVID | Leader of the 6th. century monastic revival in Wales? (2.5) |
| LUANDA | African city of 2.5+ million founded by the Portuguese |
