| ABERGAVENNY | Market town in Monmouthshire whose name derives from the Brythonic word Gobannia |
| CHEPSTOW | Town in Monmouthshire whose racecourse became the regular venue of the Welsh National in 1949 |
| SAMHAIN | Festival held at the end of the harvest season in Gaelic and Brythonic cultures |
| STELIS | Large genus in the orchid family whose name derives from the Greek word for mistletoe (6) |
| ANGUILLA | Island in the Caribbean whose name derives from the Latin word for eel (8) |
| MAELSTROM | Powerful whirlpool whose name derives from the Moskstraumen system in the Lofoten archipelago off the coast of Norway |
| BLUE | Colour whose name derives from the Scottish and northern English word for the bilberry (4) |
| USK | Town in Monmouthshire, 10 miles (16km) from Newport, as in Pinus koraiensis and Malus kansuensis! (3) |
| HARVEST | - moon; occurring around the autumn equinox, a full moon whose name derives from the time of year when farmers traditionally needed its light the most (7) |
| CODLING | A variety of elongated cooking apple whose name derives from the Anglo-Norman French meaning "lion-heart" or, a small or immature fish in the genus Gadus (7) |
| CHOPSUEY | Chinese-style dish originating in the US whose name derives from the phrase mixed bits (4,4) |
| YODA | Star Wars character, first seen in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back, whose name derives from the Sanskrit for 'warrior' (4) |
| PARKA | Warm hooded coat whose name derives from the Aleutian word for skin (5) |
| NEON | Noble gas whose name derives from the Greek word for "new" |
| OTTAWA | Capital whose name derives from the Ojibwa word for "traders" |
| PEONY | Showy plant whose name derives from the physician of the Greek gods (5) |
| SPITZ | Breed of dog whose name derives from the German word for 'pointed' (5) |
| IRISES | Flowering plants whose name derives from the Greek word for a rainbow (6) |
| AQUAMARINE | A greenish-blue colour whose name derives from the Latin for 'water of the sea' (10) |
| OVALS | Shapes whose name derives from the Latin word for "egg" (5) |
