| LIGHTS | Old or poetic word for eyes (6) |
| BLINKERS | Word for eyes; individuals who nictate; vision-impeding leather flaps of bridles; spectacles or goggles; or, flashing lights, such as indicators (8) |
| CHORDS | Harmonic sets of three or more musical notes played simultaneously; or, an old or poetic word for the strings of instrument such as a harp (6) |
| ARGENT | Old or poetic word for silver; or, said white metal as a heraldic tincture (6) |
| DAMSEL | Based on domina, "mistress", an old or poetic word for a maiden, source of a title referring to a French "Miss" (6) |
| HOLT | A riverbank burrow or den of an otter; or, an old or poetic word for a copse, orchard or wooded hill (4) |
| ARRAY | An old or poetic word for apparel, equipage or rich clothing; an orderly arrangement; or, an impressive collection or display (5) |
| ABODES | Literary or poetic word for habitations, houses or homes (6) |
| TIDE | The sea's cyclic ebb and flow; an old or poetic word for a fair, festival or season; or, a turning point (4) |
| ANADEM | Archaic or poetic word for a call to arms (6) |
| ARGOSY | Archaic or poetic word for a great merchant ship (6) |
| WAIN | An old or poetic word for a farm wagon or hay cart, such as that depicted in John Constable's painting originally titled Landscape: Noon |
| CHORD | A simultaneous combination of harmonic musical notes; or, an old or poetic word for a harp string (5) |
| EVEN | Old or poetic word for the close of the day that also means balanced, calm, equal, fair, flat or uniform (4) |
| EVENFALL | An old or poetic word for the crepuscular onset of night, aka dusk, gloaming or twilight (8) |
| ALBION | An archaic or poetic name for Britain or England (6) |
| ROBUSTEST | From "red", a bookish or poetic word for blushing, crimsoning, glowing like a beetroot or growing puce (9) |
| OFT | Literary or poetic word for often (3) |
| CROWNS | General word for eye-spotted earthy-coloured satyrid butterflies, including the gatekeepers, graylings, heaths, ringlets, Scotch arguses and speckled woods (6) |
| GEYSER | Source of hot water and an internal treatment for eyes (6) |
