| UPSTAIRS | Old word for the part of a large house occupied by its masters and mistresses as opposed to the servants' quarters in the basement (8) |
| PORTERSLODGE | A room near the entrance of a public building such as a college occupied by its caretaker (7,5) |
| HARLEQUINADES | Word for the parts of pantomimes in which Columbine's diamond-patterned lover takes centre stage; or, acts of buffoonery generally (13) |
| PIMPLE | Spot big house occupied by politician (6) |
| SPINDLE | Rod Stewart's first big house occupied by Neil Diamond initially (7) |
| GREEN | Eco-friendly - it's Masters champion Scottie Scheffler's target (5) |
| CHATELAINE | Woman in charge of a large house |
| POLICIES | (Scottish) Enclosed grounds of a large house or estate (8) |
| MILANO | Charmed and Mistresses star, Alyssa ------ (6) |
| ORLA | Star Trek: Picard and Mistresses star, _ Brady (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) |
| QUARRY | From cor "heart", term for the parts of a deer placed on the hide and rewarded to the hounds originally, later any animal hunted or hawked (6) |
| NS | What is the abbreviation for the part of Canada that has Halifax as its capital? (2) |
| YULETIDE | Old word for the season of Christmas or, a red-flowered cultivar of the Camellia sasanqua (8) |
| MANSE | House occupied by a Presbyterian minister (yes, there's a word for this!) |
| PLEASANCE | An old poetic word for enjoyment; or, a secluded part of a large garden, laid out with shaded walks, statuary, trees etc, for one's leisure (9) |
| LOAD | Freight; quantity of laundry in a washing machine; old word for the weight of blows; or, power output (4) |
| ARMPIT | Common name for the part of the body called the axilla (6) |
| NUMIDIA | Ancient Roman name for the part of North Africa roughly corresponding to present-day Algeria (7) |
| OUTIE | "Severance" term for the part of one's psyche that can exist in the real world |
