| SPRING | Name, derived from an Old English 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) |
| SPR | Origin of a stream: Abbr. |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| BEAT | Related to the name of a heavy mallet used to strike blows, an Old English word used to mean conquer, defeat or overcome (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) |
| 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) |
| TITLE | Old English word originally denoting an inscription or descriptive placard giving information about an object, later the distinctive name of a book or other composition (5) |
| CLOUD | Old English word originally referring to a hill or a rock, later a visible mass of condensed fog or frozen crystals floating in the air (5) |
| MOOD | From an Old English word with a range of meanings including courage, fierceness, heart, mind and thought, a noun for one's "good" or "bad" temper; the general atmosphere, feeling or pervading tone; or |
| FAVRILE | From an Old English word for "handmade" or "of a craftsman", the name of iridescent ornamental art glass developed by Tiffany (7) |
| 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) |
| ACRE | Unit of land measure whose name derives from an Old English word for the area that could be ploughed by a yoke of oxen in a single day (4) |
| TUESDAY | Day of the week named from an Old English word which was a translation of the Latin dies Martis (7) |
| COCKTAIL | Derived from an old term for a docked horse or one of mixed lineage, name for a type of drink prepared in the art of mixology (8) |
| EDWINA | Woman's name derived from an Old English word meaning "rich friend" |
| 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) |
