| DEMY | Old English size of printing paper roughly equal to A2; or, a word for a fellow of Magdalen College holding a kind of scholarship (4) |
| ROYAL | An Old English size of printing paper; a sail set next above the topgallant; or, a stag with 12 points, six on each antler (5) |
| COVE | Old word for a fellow or chap; a sheltered bay or inlet; or, a concave or arched architectural moulding (4) |
| NODDLE | Dated British pasta-esque word for a fellow's bonce, brain or loaf (6) |
| LAWRENCE | Senior Demy at Magdalen College who wrote Seven Pillars of Wisdom (8) |
| DUCK | A1: "Good luck. And don't forget to-" A2: "___?" A1: "Sign out." A2: "Oh." |
| YARD | A measure of three feet, which is the approximate length of a long glass for holding two to three pints of ale; or, a word for a court, garden or quad (4) |
| DOU | Rembrandt's first pupil and one who became a fastidious painter noted for scenes of domestic interiors and minute attention to detail; or, a Chinese unit roughly equal to a peck (3) |
| SQUARE | Quadrangular shape of a sailor's historical wooden trencher/platter for a meal aboard a naval ship; or, a word for fair, honest, proper or solid, thus for a hearty balanced meal (6) |
| SPARKLER | Hand-held firework used in place of a candle in a celebration cake; or a word for a diamond or a glass of champagne (8) |
| STREAM | A group of pupils in a school of roughly equal ability or following a particular course of study (6) |
| GRAM | Metric unit of mass roughly equal to that of a cubic centimetre of pure water at 4 degreesC (4) |
| BOTTLE | From the Latin for "cask, wineskin", one of the narrow-necked vessels in a wine cellar of which a butler was originally in charge; or, a word for courage, nerve or pluck (6) |
| BUTTER | From "cow cheese", a churned dairy spread or "scrape" said to be liked if a "goldcup" of a celandine-like meadow flower reflects yellow under one's chin; or, a word for flattery (6) |
| RACKET | Common spelling, from the Arabic "palm of the hand", for a badminton bat or tennis paddle; or, a word for a clamour, din or uproarious babble (6) |
| SIEGE | Form of beleaguerment practised in the art of poliorcetics; or, a word for a company of bitterns or herons (5) |
| CHOW | A "lion-headed" dog of a blue-black-tongued breed; or, a word for eats, nosh or a jolly good feed (4) |
| SMACKS | Traditional gaff cutter- or ketch- rigged boats for fishing or oystering; or, a word for groups of jellyfish (6) |
| QUIVERS | Archer or arbalest's portable cases for arrows or quarrels; or; a word for groups of cobras (7) |
| CHASE | A horse race with obstacles; or, a word for a game preserve or a hunt (5) |
