| ESTOC | Short thrusting sword in use until the 17th century |
| DORDRECHT | Chief port of the Netherlands until the 17th century (9) |
| CATALINA | Seaplane widely used by the US and other countries during World War 2, in military use until the 1980s (8) |
| ETRURIA | The factory built by Wedgwood, in use until 1940 |
| FORTHETIMEBEING | Still in use, until something else turns up (3,3,4,5) |
| NEWGATE | Notorious old London prison in use until 1902 (7) |
| EPEE | Thrusting sword used in the only fencing event in which the entire body is the valid target area |
| WEAROUT | Use until no longer usable |
| STOPGAPS | Things intended for temporary use until something better can be found (8) |
| GRATER | Gadget that a waiter may use until you say "when" |
| INTERIM | Intended to be use until something permanent is established; temporary (7) |
| RAPIER | Rap that is right as a thrusting sword (6) |
| RAPIERS | Parries badly, thrusting swords (7) |
| ARTHUR | Boy who pulls the sword from the stone in "The Sword in the Stone" |
| ONCE | , 12 and 20 The ___ , T H White tetralogy that features the novel The Sword in the Stone (4,3,6,4) |
| ANDFUTURE | The - , T H White tetralogy that features the novel The Sword in the Stone (3,6) |
| KING | The - , T H White tetralogy that features the novel The Sword in the Stone (4) |
| WHITE | T.H., author who wrote the Arthurian novel The Sword In The Stone published in 1938 (5) |
| OWL | Archimedes, in "The Sword in the Stone," e.g. |
| ECTOR | Arthur's foster father in "The Sword in the Stone" |
