| OSIERBED | Origins of a wicker cradle? (5,3) |
| EEL | You may catch one in the end of a wicker basket (3) |
| CORACLE | Simple boat made of a wicker frame with hide or canvas stretched over (7) |
| BASSINET | Hooded wicker cradle or pram |
| CANISTER | Word for a wicker basket, woven from reeds, for fruit or flowers originally, now a case-shot, coffee/tea caddy, film container or food tin (8) |
| DEMIJOHN | Bulbous bottle with a wicker cover (8) |
| CRIB | A model in a Nativity scene of the manger in which the infant Jesus Christ was laid at birth; a wicker basket; a cowshed for oxen; a bin for grain; a card game developed from noddy; or, a little bed f |
| TALESE | "Origins of a Nonfiction Writer" author |
| ASPS | The Origins of a Species popularised savage serpents (4) |
| ETYMA | Origins of a word |
| EMANATIONS | Origins of a Minnesota venue (10) |
| ETHIC | Cite hospital as being the origins of a moral rule (5) |
| MADURAI | Most ancient dominion, underrated, revisited, appreciated, interesting origins of a city (7) |
| TREETOP | Place for a cradle? |
| BABYSBREATH | Bloom from a cradle? |
| DOGSINTHEMANGER | Wieners in a cradle? (4,2,3,6) |
| SPRING | Name, derived from a word originally used to refer to the origin of a stream or well where water rises naturally from the earth, for a season of the year (6) |
| LEAP | Dialect for a basket, an eel trap or a wicker net; a waterfall ascended by salmon; or, a melodic interval (4) |
| HAMPER | Word for a cup or a case for a goblet first, later a wicker basket for festive fare, picnic food or one's laundry (6) |
| STRINGERSTEVENS | Actress Connie, while playing cat's cradle? |
