| BUTCHERINGMARKS | On animal bone artifacts in archaeology, they indicate that tools were used, such as in the preparation of meat: 2 wds. |
| ENGAGED | Signed up in preparat-ion for match (7) |
| STONEAGE | Prehistoric period when simple tools were used: 2 wds. |
| BLUEFISHCAVES | Northern Yukon archaeological site where stone and bone artifacts were uncovered: 2 wds. |
| GEOCENTRIC | Possibly recollecting lines no longer used such as former astronomical systems |
| WAGESOFSIN | Do they indicate that crime does pay? |
| THREEESTATES | The system of hierarchical order by the clergy, nobles and bourgeoisie, such as in the Ancien Regime (5,7) |
| CILIA | Hairlike projections on animal cells, such as in the human lung |
| IDEOGRAM | Symbol representing the idea of a thing without expressing the name of it, such as in the Japanese writing system kanji (8) |
| IDIOM | Expression such as 'in the soup' or 'a chip on your shoulder' (5) |
| VETO | The right to reject a proposal, such as in the UN Security Council (4) |
| SPA | Health resort near a hot or mineral spring, such as in the saxifrage 'Boston ___' (3) |
| VILLAGE | _ People; US disco group with hits such as In the Navy and Go West (7) |
| RACEME | Cluster of flowers along a central stem such as in the foxglove (6) |
| DEBATEABLELAND | Territory whose ownership was historically disputed such as in the Borders (10,4) |
| CHASSEUR | Sauce of white wine and mushrooms, such as in the dish chicken - (8) |
| SIC | Latin word, meaning "so, thus, just as", that is used to indicate that an error in a quote is intentional (3) |
| RUNCIBLE | The Owl and the Pussycat used such a spoon (Lear) |
| BONEMEAL | Product of dried and ground animal bones used as a fertiliser (4,4) |
| CIA | Government org. whose hacking tools were made public in a 2017 WikiLeaks dump |
