| DIGRAM | Sequence of two adjacent elements from a string of tokens, which are typically letters, syllables, or words, often used in analysis |
| KEBABS | Skewered meat dishes which are typically cooked over coals (6) |
| ESSENTIAL | Vital elements from a city (9) |
| COMBOUT | Remove unwanted elements from a boom cutout (4,3) |
| BLUECHIP | Waste gambling token, which should have been a good investment (4,4) |
| SOLFEGE | Music teaching method that assigns two-and-three-letter syllables to notes |
| TREAT | Tear off first of tokens needed for pleasant occasion (5) |
| IRON | Monopoly token which was replaced by a cat in 2013 (4) |
| BIGRAM | Sequence of two letters |
| REMINDERS | Books not bought at first without a couple of tokens |
| DIPHTHONG | Sequence of two vowels (9) |
| FILE | Word, derived from a string upon which documents were strung, for a folder for keeping papers in order; or, a line or row of people, soldiers or chessboard squares (4) |
| FORGET | Overlook either of two adjacent letters daily (6) |
| DIAERESIS | Mark placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate separate pronunciation, as in 'naive' or 'Zoe' (9) |
| NORM | Standard choice of two adjacent characters (4) |
| CRASIS | Fusion or contraction of two adjacent vowels into one (6) |
| DOWEL | A wooden or metal peg that fits into two corresponding holes to join two adjacent parts (5) |
| HIP | The angle formed where two adjacent sides of a sloping roof meet |
| HIATUS | Break between two adjacent vowels in the pronunciation of a word, as in cooperate (6) |
| MATRIX | Rectangular layout of elements from report of month with pranks? |
