| MINSTREL | Name one of a class of medieval musicians (8) |
| ABBOTT | Name one of a US comedy duo, Bud ... (6) |
| LUTISTS | Some medieval musicians |
| MINSTRELS | Medieval musicians (9) |
| ARACHNID | One of a class of arthropods that includes spiders and scorpions (8) |
| OLIGARCH | Another word on M-W's list: "one of a class of individuals who through private acquisition of state assets amassed great wealth" |
| REDDWARF | One of a class of small cool main-sequence stars (3,5) |
| COLOSSUS | Name one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the ... of Rhodes (8) |
| NEGATIVE | Name one of the poles of a battery (8) |
| SARDINIA | In 2.6, the triumvirate (Caesar, Antony, and Lepidus) offer Pompey two pieces of land if he would "Rid all the sea of pirates" Name one of the pieces of land he is offered. |
| ABERDARE | Welsh place name and nickname of a class of GWR 260s (8) |
| ALKALOID | Any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds of plant origin that affect human physiology, e.g. morphine, quinine, caffeine etc. (8) |
| PLATYPUS | Name one of Australia's monotremes (8) |
| KANGAROO | Name one of Australia's most well-known marsupials (8) |
| STARLING | Name one of the numerous passerine birds (8) |
| STRANGER | Name one of the world's largest gold nuggets, Welcome ... (8) |
| ANEMONES | Names one of the windflowers (8) |
| GASTROPOD | One of a class of molluscs with a single muscular foot (9) |
| WATCHER | One of a class of fallen angels; a person who keeps vigil; or, an eyewitness, observer, onlooker, spectator or spy generally (7) |
| MAMMAL | One of a class of warm-blooded vertebrates (6) |
