| ARROWS | Projectiles shot from longbows by medieval archers up to 400 metres; or, stems of sugar cane (6) |
| SCAPES | Related to "sceptres", word for shafts, stalks or stems of various things, including amaryllises, chives, columns, feathers, garlic plants, hostas, tulips and weevils' antennae (6) |
| SPRINTING | The competitive athletic sport of running distances of 400 metres or less (9) |
| MILKYWAY | Barred spiral galaxy estimated to contain up to 400 billion stars (5,3) |
| LONGBOW | Extended salaam used by medieval archer (7) |
| CRECY | Battle of 1346 during the Hundred Years' War noted for use of the longbow by the English (5) |
| ARROW | Projectile shot from a bow (5) |
| SPRINTERS | Runners of four hundred metres or less (9) |
| TRACK | Name for the 400-metre or 440-yard oval used for running events. (5) |
| IMITATE | Copy in one hand is a follow-up to CD |
| CANE | Stem of sugar plant |
| YEW | Often found in a country churchyard, a conifer with knot-free wood traditionally used to make the longbows of medieval archers (3) |
| LENGTH | Linear extent of a swimming pool, typically calibrated in metres; or, the span of a horse from nose to tail as a measure of the lead in a race (6) |
| KECKSY | An old provincial word for a hollow stalk or stem of an umbelliferous plant, such as cow-parsley or hemlock (6) |
| ALMOND | Influenced by medieval Latin for "loveable", a kernel with an oval shape resembled by the brain's emotional processing centre, or "amygdala"; or, a creamy pale-brown or pistachio colour of such a rosa |
| CANARY | A popular pet bird who owes its coloration and vocal powers to 400 years of selective breeding by humans |
| HADLEE | Richard ......, New Zealand cricketer who was the first to 400 Test wickets (6) |
| ARCANE | Mysterious component of sugar cane (6) |
| FERRET | Used by medieval hunters to catch rabbits. a mustelid mammal known in groups as a busyness (6) |
| SPRIGS | Small shoots or stems (6) |
