| UGRIAN | Of languages and people including Magyars, Ostyaks and Voguls (6) |
| SCRAPS | 'They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the ___' (Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost (1595) |
| FINNOUGRIC | Of a group of north-west European languages and peoples (5-5) |
| IGBO | Language and people of Nigeria (4) |
| KHMER | Language and people of Cambodia (5) |
| TONGUE | Related to "lingua", the source of language and lingo, the fleshy glossa in the mouth for articulating speech (6) |
| WILSON | Best-selling author of books for children and young people including Sleepovers, Hetty Feather and The Worst Thing About My Sister (6) |
| PEYTON | Author of a number of books for children and young people, including Apple Won't Jump, Fly-by-Night, A Pattern of Roses, The Scruffy Pony as well as her classic Flambards novels that were adapted to s |
| AFRICA | Which continent has a third of the world's languages and less than a fifth of the world's population? (6) |
| HUNGRY | Yearning for a letter from the land of the Magyars (6) |
| VIPERS | Reptilians are very important people, including the Queen (6) |
| MIASMA | Nasty atmosphere among Bohemia's Magyars (6) |
| URANUS | Sky-god and bishop dismissed by a pope and people generally (6) |
| SIOUAN | Of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture. |
| GAELIC | Language and heritage link to country of LMR engine 45572 (6) |
| MAGYAR | Official language (and a native) of Hungary (6) |
| AUTISM | Mental condition characterized by great difficulty in communication with others and using language and abstract concepts (6) |
| NOMADS | People moving, and people opposing, keeping bats caged |
| PERIPHRASIS | Extended use of language and excessive and immoderate verbosity or circumlocution perhaps is misjudged when involved with separate touches of irony and rodomontade |
| SPINES | Parts of books and people |