| DEUSEX | RPG whose name is derived from the name of a dramatic device |
| THESPIAN | Word, from the name of a dramatic poet regarded as the founder of Greek tragedy, for an actor (8) |
| ULTIMA | RPG whose online version was released in 1997 |
| ASIDE | A dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience (5) |
| DEUSEXMACHINA | Engineer examined such a dramatic device (4,2,7) |
| FAUNA | Derived from the name of the sister of a Roman god of forests, a word for the assemblage of all animal life in a particular region or time (5) |
| THURSDAY | Known in Latin as Jovis dies and derived from the name of a thunder god, one of the 24-hour periods of a week (8) |
| EPONYM | A name, especially a place name, derived from the name of a real or mythical person (6) |
| PARK | Derived from the name of a district in East London where horses were pastured, a mount for everyday riding; or, a leisurely ride in the countryside upon said jade (4) |
| DECIBEL | Unit partly derived from the name of the inventor of the telephone |
| HELVETIA | Name for the old Swiss Confederacy derived from the name of a Gaulish tribe (8) |
| TURKSCAP | ? lily, plant of North America whose name is derived from the shape of the flower petals |
| EPISODE | Derived from the name for a choral interlude between odes in a Greek tragedy, general word for an instalment of a serialised television/radio programme (7) |
| SPA | Derived from the name of a Belgian town, a location with a mineral-rich spring such as Bath, Buxton, Harrogate or Malvern (3) |
| HOUSE | Derived from the name used for a building for boarders, each of a series of groups into which schoolchildren are divided for games and competitions (5) |
| MUSEUM | Derived from the name of nine Greek goddesses, a collection of artefacts or curiosities or the building in which they are exhibited (6) |
| SHUTTLE | Derived from the name of a loom weaving device, a train, bus or aircraft that regularly plies between two points (7) |
| YPERITE | Derived from the name of a town in Belgium, by what other name is mustard gas known? (7) |
| PLATONIC | Type of love derived from the name of a Greek philosopher (8) |
| SCENARIO | An outline or synopsis of the plot of a dramatic or literary work such as a film, novel or play; or, a postulated sequence of possible developments or events (8) |
