| THESAURI | Sources of words given by new user - a hit |
| ROLE | Part of word given by orphan? (4) |
| LIFESENTENCE | File out to words given by the judge? (4,8) |
| ETYMOLOGY | Source of words Tye set afresh, strangely gloomy (9) |
| TWITTER | With 335 million active users, a social networking service with a bird logo (7) |
| ROGETSTHESAURUS | Misrepresented author gets users a well-known reference (6,9) |
| ACRONYM | Initial word given by a friend, fourth of promises |
| ELEVATE | Lift given by new valet behind the last gate on East (7) |
| ATTENTIONSPAN | Length of focus given by new patent is not a name (9,4) |
| UNIVERSAL | A new user prepared to accept New International Version line affecting everyone (9) |
| CODINGS | Systems of symbols, or words given certain meanings, for transmitting messages. (7) |
| NURSE | Take care of new user after treatment (5) |
| ENVOI | Author's final words given voice to some extent (5) |
| SENTENCE | Words given with conviction? (8) |
| SUREFOOTED | New user paid, unlikely to slip up |
| NERVOUS | Apprehensive new user on about verse |
| ENSURED | Guaranteed term protecting new user (7) |
| EAT | Word, given as the title of one of Nigel Slater's cookbooks, meaning "consume, devour, munch" (3) |
| GROG | Word given to a rum and water drink first used in 1770 (4) |
| TVSHOW | Friends perhaps question word given to a business group (2,4) |
