| WORD | Promise - unit of language (4 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS |
| GULL | Dupe - aquatic bird (4 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS |
| BOSS | Manager sobs uncontrollably (4) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION ACROSS: |
| SLAV | Eastern European has almost given up the French waltz (4) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION Across: |
| ENTRY | Half-seen attempt to find a way in (5) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Dance; 4 Dervish; 8 Unicorn; 9 Caper; 10 Leer; 11 Material; 13 Meet; 14 Stet; 16 Assorted; 17 Aces; 20 Irene; 21 Salerno; 22 Geys |
| SIR | Is the one inside the senior master? (3) Yesterday's solutions: Across: |
| LOANWORD | Unit of language taken from another tongue (4,4) |
| LEXEME | A unit of language, the meaning of which cannot be understood from a subset of its components |
| LAID | Put down backward, abbreviated, variety of language (4) |
| INDOARYAN | Irony and a flowing form of language (4-5) |
| FOUL | Vulgar, of language (4) |
| GEEK | IT nerd runs out of language (4) |
| WORDS | Units of language |
| TH | Radioactive metallic element (2) Yesterday's solution ACROSS: 1 Huh. 4 Cero. 5 Pash. 6 Oda. DOWN: 1 Head. 2 Ursa. 3 Hoh. 4 CPO. |
| TIMER | Chronological device (5) YESTERDAY SOLUTIONS DOWN: 2 Ivory 3 Increasingly 4 Swords 6 Annette 7 Dose 8 Egotism 9 As clear as mud 14 Loosens 16 Yearned 18 Asthma 21 Hotel 22 Opal. |
| STUB | It is only a short piece but will get by with a beer (4) Yesterday Across: |
| REMEDY | Yesterday's easy solutions (6) |
| WHOWEREYOUWITH | Question of yesterday's accompanist from snow-white youth and whiter gal (3,4,3,4,4,5) |
| CHIPSHOP | Term for a French-fry house, friterie, greasy spoon or takeaway specialising in vinegar-soused sizzled sticks of potato wrapped in parchment or "yesterday's news" (4,4) |
| HEREANDNOW | Yesterday's meanings of "present" (4,3,3) |
