| DANTEALIGHIERI | Poet who defended writing in the vernacular in "De Vulgari Eloquentia" |
| DANTE | "De Vulgari Eloquentia" author |
| ERASMUS | Who was the most famous scholar of his time in Europe, writing in the early 1500s? (7) |
| KINGARTHUR | Folklore legend who defended Britain against the Saxons in the early 6th century (4,6) |
| HEREWARD | ___ the Wake, Anglo-Saxon nobleman who defended the Isle of Ely against the Normans |
| SLANG | Refuse to accept name in the vernacular (5) |
| SLAPBANG | Suddenly broadcast order to "bust perp", in the vernacular (4-4) |
| ARGONAUT | Classical sailor bearing gold, in the vernacular |
| EVER | It is eternally there in the vernacular (4) |
| IDIOM | I had one order in the vernacular |
| ARGOT | It's some regular Goth's speech in the vernacular (5) |
| CANT | Is inclined to speak in the vernacular, but isn't able to (4) |
| LASSO | In the vernacular, a fish-ball (5) |
| IDIOMATIC | 'Midi' coat I style, in the vernacular (9) |
| JARGON | Start to join an inert gas, in the vernacular (6) |
| OTHERHALF | One's partner, in the vernacular (5,4) |
| ORLANDO | The Canada-based project to collect the history of women's writing in the British Isles was named after this Virginia Woolf novel |
| EPISTLE | Writing in the form of a letter, such as those in the New Testament from Apostles to Christians (7) |
| WRESTLER | Struggle with writing in The Ring, getting to grips with the opposition (8) |
| HAZELBLEARS | Former Labour Cabinet member nicknamed "the Iron Chipmunk" by Fraser Nelson, writing in The Spectator |
