| LOGOGRAM | Symbol such as an Egyptian hieroglyph, Aztec glyph or a Chinese character in the Kangxi Dictionary (8) |
| IDEOGRAM | Symbol such as a hieroglyph or a Chinese character (8) |
| PYRAMID | Polyhedron with four triangular sides; or, something in the shape of this, such as an Egyptian tomb or a segment of Toblerone (7) |
| SYMBOL | Character such as glyph or a pictograph (6) |
| LACHOY | Food brand since 1922 with a Chinese character in its logo |
| ALEPH | First letter of the Hebrew alphabet, thought to derive from an Egyptian hieroglyph of an ox's head (5) |
| MARK | A boundary indicator; a symbol such as an X in place of a signature; the start line in a race; or, a target (4) |
| GLYPH | Typographic symbol such as an ampersand, asterisk or at sign (5) |
| ISIS | Is twice on show as an Egyptian goddess |
| CARTOUCHE | From "paper cornet", a scroll-like carved tablet or border; an oval frame for royal names in Egyptian hieroglyphs; a box for bullets; a paper case holding a firework's combustibles; or, a parchment pa |
| CHOP | A thick "cracked"-off cut of meat for a carnivorous treat; a downward karate beat; a calf's chaffy hay or wheat; or, a Chinese seal on a sheet (4) |
| DOT | One of the points appearing on a clock's face to mark the hour, hence its reference in a phrase meaning "precisely on time"; or, any other small round symbol, such as a full stop (3) |
| OPERATOR | Telephonist or other worker of equipment or machinery; or, a symbol such as - or +, indicating a mathematical function (8) |
| SEEDS | Embryonic plants such as those encased within an oak's acorns, a sycamore's samaras, a horse chestnut's prickly husks or a Chinese lantern's papery calyxes (5) |
| FLAMBE | French culinary term for a cookery procedure in which bananas, cherries, crepes or steaks are served dressed in blazing liquor; or, a Chinese copper-red glaze flecked with blue/purple (6) |
| ANKH | The Egyptian hieroglyph representing the word 'life', formed from a tau cross with a loop on top (4) |
| CROSS | A hybrid; symbol such as saltire or plus sign; or, a football pass (5) |
| PIP | Card symbol such as the one in the center of an ace |
| EMBLEM | Word for inlay originally, later a symbol, such as Apple Inc's bitten apple, Canada's maple leaf, England's rose, Nike's swoosh or Scotland's thistle; or, an allegorical illustration (6) |
| KANJI | Chinese character in Japanese |
