| ANASAZI | Member of an ancient Native American people (Navaho, 'alien ancestors') now commonly known as the Ancestral Pueblo (7) |
| MACKINAC | Wooded island in N. Michigan which is an ancient Native American burial ground (8) |
| DOWNSSYNDROME | Disorder, as it's known in the country of the man who first documented it, caused by the an alterati |
| EVERYWORD | 'We meet, and the angels sing; The angels sing the sweetest song I ever heard; You speak, and the an |
| GREENDRAGON | The - -; an inn frequented by hobbits in The Lord of the Rings (5,6) |
| RETRONYM | New term coined to restore the original meaning of a word now commonly used to indicate something else, as in snail mail and acoustic guitar (8) |
| SNARK | The Hunting of the - (An Agony in 8 Fits); nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll (5) |
| GOODSAMARITAN | Biblical character - the term is now commonly used to describe a helpful person (4,9) |
| ERIGERON | Large genus of daisy-like plants of the family Asteraceae (composites) commonly known as the fleabanes (8) |
| ELODEA | Genus of aquatic plants of the family Hydrocharitaceae commonly known as the waterweeds (6) |
| LIBRARY | The Body in the -; an Agatha Christie mystery featuring Miss Marple (7) |
| LASTPOST | Military bugle call historically signalling soldiers to turn in for the night, now commonly played at remembrance services and funerals (4,4) |
| NIUE | Island nation in the South Pacific between Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands, commonly known as the 'Rock of Polynesia' (4) |
| OUTOFTHE | Unnatural, indeed, for what is now commonly uncommon (3,2,3,8) |
| ORDINARY | Unnatural, indeed, for what is now commonly uncommon (3,2,3,8) |
| SOLIDAGO | Genus of more than a hundred plants in the family Asteraceae commonly known as the goldenrods (8) |
| OPAH | Large brightly- coloured marine fish of the family Lampridae commonly known as the moonfish; Lampris guttatus ( 4) |
| MAINECOON | Largest of the domesticated cat breeds, commonly known as the 'gentle giant' (5,4) |
| VERONICA | Plant genus of the plantain family (Plantaginaceae) commonly known as the speedwells (8) |
| TETRAPANAX | Genus of evergreen 1 shrubs in the aralia family, commonly known as the Chinese rice-paper plant (10) |
