| ELLIS | Philologist who wrote extensively on the phonology of British dialects and pronunciation and developed a phonotypic alphabet with Sir Isaac Pitman (5) |
| GALEN | 2nd c. Greek physician who wrote extensively on human anatomy (5) |
| EIGHTY | Rather old to be working at spelling and pronunciation |
| BENJAMINSPOCK | Which 1972 US presidential candidate wrote extensively on how to bring up children including Baby and Child Care (1946) |
| GRAMMAR | Rules governing the system of a language, including those stated in morphology, syntax, phonetics, phonology and semantics (7) |
| PORAE | Phonology units |
| TOLKIEN | Surname of the philologist and novelist whose works include The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings (7) |
| ROGET | Word-loving English physician and philologist who, on retirement, turned his hand to compiling the thesaurus for which he is known today (5) |
| GRIMM | Jacob ___, German philologist who with brother Wilhelm is noted for a collection of fairy tales (5) |
| BROTHERSGRIMM | 'The -- --', German philologists who collected and published fairy tales (8,5) |
| ELOCUTION | The study or practice of formal public speaking, with regard to pronunciation and control (9) |
| SWEET | The English Language: George Bernard Shaw said there were touches of the philologist and phonetician Henry ____ in Pygmalion |
| TRIBES | Groups of (especially primitive) families or communities linked by social, economic, religious or blood ties and usually having a common culture and dialect and a recognized leader |
| SCONES | Afternoon favourites whose name origins, Dutch "fine bread" or Gaelic "shapeless lumps", are as famously debated as their pronunciation and the order in which they are spread with cream and jam (6) |
| HETERORYM | Word having the same spelling as another but a different pronunciation and meaning (9) |
| PHONETICS | Branch of linguistic science that deals with pronunciation and speech production (9) |
| ONIONS | Lexicographer, philologist and fourth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary who shares his surname with shallot-like alliaceous bulbs (6) |
| TRIBE | A group of communities linked by social, economic, religious or blood ties and usually having a common culture, dialect and a recognized leader |
| EMPIREOFTHESUN | 1984 novel by J G Ballard that draws extensively on his experiences in World War II |
| HETERONYM | Word spelled identically to another but with a different pronunciation and meaning |
