| TWOTHIRDS | Roughly 66 per cent ultimately get this word wrong |
| DOWAGER | If the lay gets a word wrong, it's about time (7) |
| COCKTAIL | Drink from tap and ultimately get to feel rough (8) |
| PASTE | Dads ultimately get some stick |
| INSULT | Some villains ultimately get abuse (6) |
| FINGERNAIL | Repeatedly in fear? Thing will ultimately get chewed (10) |
| EGRET | Bird we ultimately get across river (5) |
| INTERNETCAFE | Surfing location in Tenerife can ultimately get turbulent |
| MISQUOTE | Get the words wrong |
| SYNTAX | Correct use of words - wrong stress, say |
| HEYPRESTO | Spell words wrong here: typos! (3,6) |
| SLUR | Pronounce words wrong |
| PIANO | In Italian this word is an adverb or adjective; it comes from a Late Latin word meaning "smooth." First known use in English dates to 1683. In English the word refers to a musical instrument with stri |
| GRAFFITI | This word is derived from the Italian word meaning "scratch" or "incised inscriptions." English uses the Italian plural, but everyday usage typically turns it into a singular noun. The markings this w |
| CONFETTI | This word is an Italian plural form meaning "sweetmeat." That word comes from a variety of Latin derivations of a word meaning "to prepare." First known use in English: 1815. It refers to small bits o |
| PROPAGANDA | The first use of this word in English was in reference to a Roman Catholic organization established in the 17th century by Pope Gregory XV; this word was part of its much longer Latin name. Today the |
| LASAGNA | This word in English has somewhat complicated origins, though it comes by way of, in part, a Latin word meaning "chamber pot" and a Vulgar Latin word meaning "cooking pot," by which it evolved to an I |
| SIGN | This word follows the last word of 18A, 23A, 50A, and 56A |
| SESAME | See Sam wrongly use this word to get in (6) |
| ARYAN | Although this word was used to describe the specious Nazi 'master race' concept, in linguistics this |