| TEAM | Meaning "childbearing", a word originally for a brood or litter, later a set of draught animals working in a harness together; a flight of ducks or geese; or, a squad of athletes (4) |
| JELLY | From "frost, to freeze", word for a savoury dish of fish/meat set in a mould of aspic in the Middle Ages, later a set but wobbly fruit-flavoured pudding; a conserve of medlars, mint, redcurrants or ro |
| NIDE | Collective noun for a brood or nest of pheasants on the ground (4) |
| OPOSSUM | Animal work attracting unusually large quantity of money? |
| IMPAIR | Diminish value of childbearing |
| FEMALE | Childbearing |
| BIRTH | Childbearing |
| DELIVERY | Childbearing |
| CHILDBIRTH | Childbearing |
| LABOR | Childbearing |
| WOMANLY | Childbearing |
| RACE | From the Old Norse meaning "current", a word originally for a rapid forward movement, later a channel or a contest of speed (4) |
| METHOD | From the Greek meaning "pursuit of knowledge", a word originally for a prescribed medical treatment, later an orderly way of doing something such as following a recipe (6) |
| FOOL | Meaning "bellows, windbag", a word originally for an empty-headed person, later a clown or court jester; or, a fruit-and-cream pudding (4) |
| YOKE | What is a contrivance for joining a pair of draught animals, especially oxen (4) |
| CANTEEN | From the Italian meaning "wine cellar", a word originally for a shop in a barracks selling liquor and provisions to troops that later came to mean a soldier's water bottle (7) |
| PILOT | Based on the Greek for "oar, rudder", a word originally for the steersman of a ship, later an aviator, hot-air balloonist or jockey (5) |
| DRESSER | From "prepare", a word originally for a kitchen sideboard or table on which food was prepared, later one for storing or displaying crockery (7) |
| KINDLE | Collective noun for a group or litter of kittens; or, a brand of e-reader designed by Amazon (6) |
| THESAURUS | From the Greek meaning "treasure", a word originally for a dictionary that came to mean, since Roget's time, a book of synonyms (9) |
