| SPRING | Name, derived from a word originally used to refer to the origin of a stream or well where water rises naturally from the earth, for a season of the year (6) |
| ETHER | From the Greek for "upper air", a word originally used to refer to matter once believed to permeate all space beyond the moon, later a distinctively sweet-scented volatile liquid (5) |
| FOWL | A word originally used to refer to any bird, later a more specific gallinacean of the poultry kind, such as a chicken, duck, goose, partridge, pheasant or turkey (4) |
| STEW | A word originally used to refer to a cauldron, but later the actual casserole-like dish of meat and vegetables cooked within said pot (4) |
| SPR | Origin of a stream: Abbr. |
| LEWD | Well st ris ue |
| MAPLE | Red ___; RI's state tree |
| SCOTTISH | 'RI's out' - wayward, historic St Lewis's people? (8) |
| BUDGET | A pouch or wallet originally, later the Chancellor of the Exchequer's annual statement, hence the showing of a battered red box as a gesture to the origin of the word in question (6) |
| FARM | From a Latin word originally used to denote a tax or rent, a tract of land for the cultivation of crops or rearing of livestock, including its associated barns and homestead (4) |
| 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) |
| GRADE | A category of a listed building; a music exam; or, meaning "step", word originally used in English as a unit of measurement of angles, now for a particular level of quality, rank etc (5) |
| ALBUM | Word originally used to mean "white marble tablet", later a place to store/display photos, stamps etc; or, a collection of musical recordings (5) |
| COURSE | The headwaters of a stream or river; or, a book or article used to provide evidence (6) |
| CLUE | Derived from a word meaning "ball of thread", a hint or tip that helps to solve a mystery or a puzzle (4) |
| LIFELINE | Rope attaching a sailor to a boat, or one originally used to send signals to the water's surface by a diver (8) |
| 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) |
| PAM | From Greek for "beloved of all" and the origin of a word for a leaflet, the jack/knave and highest card in the nap-like game loo/lanterloo (3) |
| RACE | From the Old Norse meaning "current", a word originally for a rapid forward movement, later a channel or a contest of speed (4) |
| MORTMAIN | In law, the state or condition of property held inalienably by a corporation, derived from a word for 'dead hand' |
