| STONES | Small rocks or pebbles such as those from which a unit of imperial weight derived its name; backgammon pieces; granites for curling; gems; or, cherry pips (6) |
| KNOT | A bond; a burl; an ornament such as an epaulette; or, one of a series of ties on a ship's chip log from which a unit of nautical speed derives (4) |
| EXITS | Meaning "he/she goes out", word for departures, such as those from theatre stages, motorways or life (5) |
| TON | Imperial unit of weight derived from the term for a large cask (3) |
| YARD | Name a unit of imperial linear measure equal to three feet (4) |
| OUNCE | Small unit of imperial weight (5) |
| SAIKEI | Japanese word for a miniature ornamental landscape of bonsai trees growing on little rocks or stones; or, the art of cultivating such a scene (6) |
| TUNISIA | Country in which a unit is replaced |
| INCH | Unit of imperial length equal to one twelfth of a foot or 2.54 cm; one quarter of a hand; or, a unit of measurement for pressure in a barometer (4) |
| PUFFIN | Known as the "clown of the sea" and thus collectively as a circus, an auk found on the Farne Islands and Shetland as well as on Lundy, the island that derived its name from the Norse word for this bir |
| AGORA | A type of Ancient Greek market or gathering place from which the phobia of open/public places derived its name (5) |
| ADVOCATE | Word for a barrister or a solicitor from which a yellow custardy Dutch "lawyer's drink" derived its name (8) |
| THISTLE | Plant from which the goldfinch derived its Anglo Saxon name because of its love of the seeds which is a national symbol of Scotland (7) |
| INDUS | One of the rivers from which Punjab derived its name, along which a Bronze Age civilisation of some five million people flourished (5) |
| CANAPE | Style of decorative antique French sofa from which a type of bite-sized savoury appetiser derived its name (6) |
| TITIN | Word for a giant Greek god from which a protein with a 189,819 letter-long scientific designation derived its name (5) |
| PAISLEY | Pattern of feather-shaped figures inspired by Indian pine cones; or, the Scottish town from which the print derived its name (7) |
| SANDWICH | Bread-based lunchtime snack or meal which derived its name from the title of John Montagu (8) |
| SHINGLE | Mass of chesil or pebbles on a beach; or, overlapping wooden tiles on a roof or wall collectively (7) |
| KNOLE | The Sackville-West family's house in Sevenoaks, Kent after which an iconic style of sofa or 'saffaw' derived its name |
