| MEATBEE | Name sometimes given to social wasps, such as yellowjackets (4, 3) |
| HORNET | Large social wasp such as Vespa crabro (6) |
| GAY | An old-fashioned way of saying carefree and light-hearted; colourful and bright; exuberantly cheerful; or, given to social pleasures (3) |
| DIATRIBE | Tirade about assistance given to social group |
| ELLA | _ Purnell, actress who plays Jackie Taylor in Yellowjackets (4) |
| HORNETS | Wind instrument set out for some large social wasps |
| VESPA | Genus of large social wasps, mostly Eurasian, comprising the 22 species of true hornets (5) |
| ROE | Name sometimes given to fish eggs. (3) |
| CARABOSSE | Name sometimes given to the wicked fairy godmother in Sleeping Beauty, as in Tchaikovsky's 1889 ballet (9) |
| THREESISTERS | Name sometimes given to the stars forming Orion's Belt |
| TANNER | Name sometimes given to the British sixpenny coin (6) |
| COPSANDROBBERS | Name sometimes given to the children's game tag |
| LUCKYCOUNTRY | 'The ___', name sometimes given to Australia (5,7) |
| ORACHE | Name sometimes given to mountain spinach or Atriplex hortensis (6) |
| BRIAR | --- Rose, name sometimes given to the fairy tale character Sleeping Beauty (5) |
| LIGHTS | Festival of _, name sometimes given to Hannukah (6) |
| EMANUEL | Temple name, sometimes |
| INITIAL | The first letter of a word or a person's name, sometimes forming an acronym or a monogram |
| FAIRYRINGS | What name is sometimes given to circular areas of dark green grass, caused by underground fungi? (5,5) |
| BICYCLETHIEF | The ___, English title sometimes given to the 1948 film Ladri di Biciclette (7,5) |
