| CITRUSJAPONICA | Original Latin name for the kumquats from 1784 until reclassified in a segregate genus, Fortunella, in 1915 |
| OVAL | Citrus japonica, the - - - kumquat (4) |
| COLUMBINE | From the Latin for "dove", the flower, "granny's bonnet", with petals reminiscent of a flock of five doves, whose original Latin name, Aquilegia, alludes to its hook-like spurs, thought to resemble an |
| KUMQUAT | Small Chinese tree of the genus Fortunella (7) |
| PLUTO | It was reclassified in 2006 |
| LAKI | Name of the Iceland volcano that erupted continuously from June 1783 until early February 1784, considered to be the greatest lava eruption on Earth in historical times. (4) |
| EGRESS | What word is similar to the original Latin for "go out"? (6) |
| STYAL | A cotton mill established at this Cheshire village in 1784 is now a National Trust property, Quarry Bank (5) |
| INITIAL | The original Latin one one has got wrong (7) |
| TRENTON | Capital of the U.S. for 54 days in 1784 |
| COCKHORSE | "Ride a ___ ___ to Banbury Cross": line of English nursery rhyme published in 1784 (9) |
| LITRE | Quantity of water found in a banana split reclassified (5) |
| WHEATLEY | Phillis --, c1753-1784, US poet born in Africa, possibly Senegal (8) |
| NEWBRUNSWICK | One of Canada's three maritime provinces, created in 1784 (3,9) |
| ROSEHIPS | Haw-like accessory fruits used in autumn/winter flower arrangements with eucalyptus, Chinese lanterns, hypericum berries, kumquats etc (4,4) |
| TART | Like the taste of kumquats |
| ANNAPOLIS | U.S. capital from November 1783 to August 1784 |
| GOOSEYGOOSEYGANDER | Nursery rhyme first published in 1784 |
| SERRA | Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784). |
| SHRAPNEL | Who (Henry ___) invented an artillery fragmentation shell in 1784? (8) |
