| AETHELING | Term used in Anglo-Saxon times to designate a person of noble birth, particularly a member of the royal house of Wessex (9) |
| SOUS | French word for under, used e.g. to designate a subordinate chef (4) |
| ESCORT | Which term designates a person accompanying another to a dance, etc (6) |
| THRYMSA | Rare gold coin used in Anglo-Saxon England (7) |
| FERRY | Get one across the ro-ro, say (5) |
| READONLY | What the RO stands for in CD-ROM |
| THONG | Word for a shoelace in Anglo-Saxon times, later a strip of leather; a flip-flop sandal; a skimpy pair of underpants; or, a horseradish root (5) |
| TAPER | From the Latin word "papyrus" due to its use as a wick, a candle in Anglo-Saxon times, later a thin waxed spill; or, a gradual narrowing (5) |
| AXE | Word for a hatchet since Anglo-Saxon times; or, from the 1950s, a slang term for an electric guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz (3) |
| OMICRON | Word prefixed to a Latin genitive used to designate the 15th star in a constellation group (7) |
| DANELAW | In Anglo-Saxon times, the part of England under Scandinavian control (7) |
| ALDERMAN | Nobleman of the highest rank in Anglo-Saxon times (8) |
| THANE | Holder of land granted by the king in Anglo-Saxon times (5) |
| EMPTY | Word for leisure in Anglo-Saxon times that later came to mean blank, hollow, hungry, vacant or void (5) |
| ITALIC | Which term designates a style of printing in which the letters slope to the right (6) |
| DANEGELD | Tax in Anglo-Saxon times paid to invaders |
| REEVE | A chief magistrate in Anglo-Saxon times (5) |
| ESNE | A domestic slave in Anglo-Saxon times (4) |
| SCOP | A minstrel or poet in Anglo-Saxon times (4) |
| PERICOPE | From "a cutting-out", a clipping or extract, particularly a passage from the Bible for reading in church (8) |
