| MONEYTREE | Neopets location where players can get points, which shares its name with a mythical Chinese plant |
| NYMPH | Gladiolus cultivar sharing its name with a mythical creature of forests, rivers and mountains (5) |
| ABSTINENCE | Sailors can get points at church for self-denial (10) |
| TVTAG | Playground game where players can avoid capture by saying the name of a show |
| NASTY | How poker players can get when they lose at the table...and a hit off 23-Across |
| OPENWORLD | Like a video game where players can wander around |
| STAGERIGHT | Where player can appear fine having abandoned his fear? |
| RIGHTWING | Where player can be just getting wound, superficially |
| SCANDIUM | Metal with atomic number 21 which shares its name with a Northern European region (8) |
| CRANE | Wading bird such as a demoiselle, which shares its name with a davit, derrick, hoist or other lifting device (5) |
| ASPEN | Variety of poplar tree which shares its name with a ski resort in Colorado (5) |
| CHEDDAR | Smooth, hard, yellow or whitish cheese which shares its name with a North Somerset village (7) |
| NICE | French Riviera's capital, which shares its name with a pleasant biscuit (4) |
| NIKITA | Elton John hit which shares its name with a Soviet leader. (6) |
| ERIE | City in Pennsylvania which shares its name with a lake |
| RUDD | Fish which shares its name with a former Australian PM |
| ROBROY | Walter Scott novel which shares its name with a whisky cocktail |
| DEMERARA | Sugar which shares its name with a river in Guyana |
| CALYPSO | Caribbean music style which shares its name with an islanddwelling nymph who beguiled Odysseus for several years (7) |
| VOGUE | Madonna hit which shares its name with an international fashion magazine (5) |
