| EWELL | Surrey town named from Old English for "river-source" |
| SCAPAFLOW | Large natural anchorage in the Orkney Islands named from Old Norse, 'bay of the long isthmus' (5,4) |
| SACKBUT | Early trombone of the Renaissance and Baroque periods named from Old French, 'pull-push' (7) |
| SOCK | From Old English for "light shoe", a word for either of a pair of knitted or woven half-hose for one's feet (4) |
| GIFTS | From Old English for "payments for a wife, dowries" or "weddings", a word for presents, such as the offerings of the Magi or those placed in stockings at Christmas (5) |
| RIDGE | From Old English for "spine, crest" and Dutch for "back", a long narrow hilltop or mountain range; or, the spine of a whale or other animal (5) |
| ISLAND | From Old English for "watery", an ait, holm, inch or skerry; or, anything detached or isolated, except for a man, according to John Donne (6) |
| STEED | From Old English for "stallion" or "stud", an archaic or literary word for a swift spirited horse or charger (5) |
| BIT | From Old English for "mouthful", a crumb, morsel or scrap; a bridle's snaffle or other metal mouthpiece; any small coin or piece; an awl for a brace or a drill; or, a brief space of time (3) |
| HAW | From Old English for "hedge", word for any one of the miniature red apple-like pomes of the purportedly sacred "bread-and-cheese"-bearing fairy tee, mayflower or quickthorn; or, an utterance marking h |
| HUE | From Old English for "beauty, complexion, fine hair, skin", a word for appearance, aspect or form originally, later colour; or, its particular quality, shade or tint (3) |
| SMOCKS | From Old English for "creep into", word for chemises or shifts; farmers' coarse linen overgarments; artists' overalls; or, loose blouses/dresses (6) |
| BRAIRD | Scots word, from Old English for "edge", for the first green shoots of corn or grass appearing above the ground (6) |
| ALEE | Adverb from Old English for "shelter" |
| ESSEX | Geographical name that comes from Old English for "East Saxons" |
| IDLE | Word from Old English for 'useless' |
| SCATHE | Word from Old English for 'malefactor' |
| RARE | Word from Old English for "lightly boiled" |
| GUILT | Word from Old English for "offense" |
| ERRAND | Word from Old English for "mission" |
