| NOUNS | Person, place and thing, e.g. |
| ROCKHUDSONBAYLEAF | Person, place, and thing? |
| SEANPENNSTATEFAIR | Person, place, and thing? |
| PERSON | Partner of place and thing |
| PRONOUNS | Words in place of person, places and things (8) |
| NOUN | Class of words used for naming person, places and objects |
| SEUSS | Creator of Thing 1 and Thing 2 |
| HORRORFILM | The Thing, eg (6,4) |
| THECATINTHEHAT | Dr Seuss book featuring companions Thing One and Thing Two |
| NEARBY | Handy piece of underwear and thing holding it up |
| QUOTE | "You are your best thing," e.g., from "Beloved" |
| ADDAMS | Cartoonist who created the characters Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch and Thing (6) |
| WASHPOT | Mistakenly swop hat and thing in which to clean stuff (7) |
| BEMAD | Curse and throw things, e.g. |
| RIPSNORTER | Northern American term for an exceptional performance or thing, e.g. a storm or sporting highlight (10) |
| PROP | The boom box from "Say Anything" or the boom box from "Do the Right Thing," e.g. |
| VARIANTS | Forms of a thing e.g. a word that differ in some respects (8) |
| IPA | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.'s "Hazy Little Thing," e.g. |
| JAZZWALTZ | Coltrane's rendition of "My Favorite Things," e.g. |
| EERIE | Like "Stranger Things," e.g. |
