| RINGARINGOROSES | Rhyme believed to refer to the plague (4,1,4,1,5) |
| PELICAN | Bird associated with Elizabeth I, Louisiana and a pedestrian crossing, whose name, thought to be based on Greek for "axe", is believed to refer to its distinctive pouched beak (7) |
| STOW | Antiquary whose Survey of London during Elizabeth I's reign charts life in the capital from its castles and towers to the butchers and bakers prior to the Plague and the Great Fire (4) |
| PESTILENCE | Scattered pieces lent to the plague (10) |
| HOI | Sometimes mistakenly used to refer to the upper classes, the term ... polloi, derived from Greek, means 'the masses' or 'the common people |
| TOILE | French word for "cloth", used to refer to the plain fabric used to create the pattern or muslin for a couture or made-to-measure garment (5) |
| SPRING | Name, derived from an Old English word originally used to refer to the origin of a stream or well where water rises naturally from the earth, for a season of the year (6) |
| LELY | The Windsor Beauties artist whose surname is said to refer to the "fleur-de-lis" carved on the house where his father was born (4) |
| RIND | Old English word for the bark of a tree or peel of fruit that, from the 16th century, also came to refer to the outer layer, paring or skin of a cheese (4) |
| YOU | Used to refer to the person the speaker is addressing (3) |
| ANNO | ___ Domini, dating system used to refer to the years after the birth of Jesus (4) |
| HOLLAND | Region in western Netherlands, sometimes used to refer to the whole of the country |
| THEFREEWORLD | Term used during the Cold War to refer to the Western Bloc of non-Communist countries collectively (3,4,5) |
| HIPS | Term used to refer to the ripe red-orange fruits of the rose (4) |
| KELLYSEYE | Call used in the game of bingo to refer to the number 1 (6,3) |
| MISEENPLACE | French for "put into position", used in a restaurant kitchen setting to refer to the preparation of equipment and ingredients prior to service (4,2,5) |
| ANOTHER | '__ Place', term used by the House of Commons to refer to the House of Lords, and vice versa |
| ULTIMO | Term used in formal correspondence to refer to the previous month (6) |
| HISTORYBOOK | It is bound to refer to the past (7,4) |
| THERETOFORE | Before that time we have to refer to the inner circle |
