| ONFLEEK | Phrase coined by Kayla Lewis in a 2014 Vine to describe her eyebrows |
| DRAG | Kd lang has a lot of pull, although this album could describe her as a bore (4) |
| SWEETCAROLINE | Diamond cut, as admirers of Ms Lucas might describe her (5,8) |
| SCOT | Has a connection to Paisley and, in part, hereto to CS Lewis in a roundabout way (4) |
| THEGHOSTINTHEMACHINE | Phrase coined by philosopher Gilbert Ryle, used by Arthur Koestler in a 1967 book title |
| ESCALIER | Esprit de l'---, a phrase coined by Diderot to describe thinking of the perfect reply too late (8) |
| ALTEREGO | Phrase coined by Roman orator and writer Cicero in the 1st century BC to describe his 'second self' (5,3) |
| HOODIE | "Hug-a-___", phrase coined by Labour's Home Secretary in 2006 (6) |
| LINCOLN | President portrayed by Daniel Day- Lewis in a Steven Spielberg film (7) |
| RAHMAN | Hasim, boxer defeated by Lennox Lewis in a November, 2001 world heavyweight title fight (6) |
| NARNIA | Fantastic world created by CS Lewis in a series of children's books (6) |
| LUCKYCOUNTRY | What phrase coined by Donald Horne, and used in the title of his 1964 book, was intended to be used |
| BLACKLIVESMATTER | Phrase coined by the social activist Alicia Garza in 2013 |
| ISEEWHATYOUMEAN | Understood, in a phrase, how a lip-reader describes her work (1,3,4,3,4) |
| KINDREDSPIRIT | Phrase coined by Thomas Gray in his "Elegy" |
| ATOMICBOMB | Phrase coined by H.G. Wells in 1914 |
| INVOKE | It's all right in a sort of vine to conjure it up (6) |
| ROCKNROLL | Phrase coined by Alan Freed |
| EVIL | "Banality of ___" (phrase coined by Hannah Arendt) |
| THEMEDIUMISTHEMESSAGE | Phrase coined by Marshall McLuhan |
