| CARAVAN | One definition is: a number of people travelling together. It is derived from a Persian word meaning a group of desert travelers. |
| LAVA | First used in English in 1759, it is derived from a Neapolitan dialect word meaning "to fall." It describes what came out of, for example, Mount Vesuvius. |
| ALEUTIANISLANDS | Which archipelago in one definition is the westernmost part of the US, and in another is the eastern |
| TULIP | Derived from a Persian word meaning "turban", a spring flower in the lily family with types including single early, fringed, triumph, Darwin and parrot (5) |
| ROOK | Chess piece whose name possibly derives from a Persian word meaning "chariot" |
| KHAKI | Material name derived from a Persian word for "dust" |
| ENTOURAGE | What is a group of people travelling with an important person? (9) |
| COCHINEAL | Crimson dye that shares its name with the insect from which it is derived |
| ACIDIC | When CIA and CID work together it is bitter (6) |
| COHABIT | Live together. It is the business custom (7) |
| AVOIDED | Steered clear of one definition primarily in a very big dictionary |
| HALFIRISH | His Royal Highness fails one definition of nationality (4,4) |
| ASIAPACIFIC | Large geographic area whose definition is context-dependent |
| ART | Its definition is often debated |
| TEMPO | This word means in Italian "rate of speed," in reference to music. The Italian, in turn, is derived from a Latin word meaning "time." The first known use is c. 1724. |
| PAISLEY | Also known as Persian Pickles by American quiltmakers, this motif is of Persian origin but its Western name is derived from a town in central Scotland |
| OCEAN | What word is derived from a Greek word meaning "great stream encircling the earth's disc"? (5) |
| DECORATOR | Artisan is a number of days ahead of speaker |
| BROOD | What is a number of birds produced at one hatching? (5) |
| LITTER | What is a number of puppies brought forth at one birth (6) |
