| EMPORIA | Old word for |
| TUBE | Old word for a telescope; slang word for a television; the hollow under the crest of a breaking wave; a container for oil paint, tomato puree or toothpaste; or, a pipe (4) |
| FLITTER | Word linking with mouse for an old word for the flying mammal studied in chiropterology (7) |
| QUIZ | Old word for a yo-yo; short word for a monocle on a handle; or, a test of general knowledge (4) |
| PLAY | Games or exercise taken for recreation; a dramatic work for stage or screen; an old word for the activity of gambling; or, the courtship performance of animals (4) |
| CLEW | An old word for a ball of thread guiding one through a labyrinth or maze, hence the similar word for a hint that points towards the solution of a mystery or puzzle (4) |
| STAGER | Old word for an actor; a horse for pulling a passenger/mail-coach; or, an old hand, veteran or other adept of much worldly experience (6) |
| ELD | Old word for old |
| CEMBALO | Old word for 'harpsichord', related to the word 'cymbal' (7) |
| RAKES | Tools for gathering grass or leaves; or, an old word for groups of colts (5) |
| HERBARY | Old word for a type of physic garden for the cultivation of plants such as rosemary, lemon balm, thyme, hyssop and camomile (7) |
| PARLOUR | Shop selling ice cream; old word for a sitting room; or, a building equipped for milking cows (7) |
| RECIPE | Old word for a medicinal formula or prescription; or, a list of ingredients with a method, such as clergyman Sydney Smith's rhyming version for a salad dressing (6) |
| SHADE | Cover for softening a lamp's light; old word for a portrait in silhouette; or, a colour mixed with black (5) |
| PEELER | An old word for policeman; or, a utensil for removing the skin from a potato or a carrot (6) |
| MOUSE | Long-tailed rodent known collectively as a mischief; old word for a match for firing a cannon or blasting a mine; or, a weight used when replacing a sash cord (5) |
| SLUR | Dialect for thin mud; old word for a gliding throw when cheating with dice; or, a curved symbol indicating a musical phrase is to be played with legato articulation (4) |
| KID | Young goat; or, an old word for a sailor's mess tub for grog/rations (3) |
| WIRE | A strand of metal for carrying electricity; old word for a telegram |
| PARAGON | A model of excellence; a perfect diamond; an old word for a black marble; or, camlet for dressmaking or upholstery (7) |
