| RUNCIBLE | The Owl and the Pussycat used such a spoon (Lear) |
| WATERMETER | Wetter mare used such a gauge (5,5) |
| WOODEN | The last to get such a spoon (6) |
| APOSTLE | Slop tea, stirred by such a spoon? |
| PEAGREEN | Colour of the boat travelled in by the owl and the pussycat in a nonsense poem by Edward Lear (3-5) |
| NONSENSE | Form of verse such as Lear's The Owl And The Pussycat or Carroll's Jabberwocky |
| BOAT | Pea-green vessel in The Owl and the Pussycat; one of the seated yoga poses; or, a jug for gravy/sauce (4) |
| EDWARDLEAR | Author and poet who popularised limericks and wrote The Owl and The Pussycat (6,4) |
| LEAR | *"The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat..." |
| TOSEA | 'The owl and the pussycat went ... in a beautiful peagreen boat' (2,3) |
| BONGTREE | Fictional plant mentioned in The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear (4-4) |
| EDWARD | ___ Lear, writer of The Owl and the Pussycat (6) |
| WENTTOSEA | Spooner's dispatched for a tinkle like the owl and the pussycat did (4,2,3) |
| ASEA | Like the Owl and the Pussycat |
| QUINCE | Preferred fruit of the owl and the pussycat? (6) |
| MINCE | Food eaten by the Owl and the Pussycat (5) |
| ITALIAN | Natalie got cut off and I used such language! (7) |
| RUNCIBLESPOON | "Owl and the Pussycat" utensil |
| BUTCHERINGMARKS | On animal bone artifacts in archaeology, they indicate that tools were used, such as in the preparation of meat: 2 wds. |
| DUCHESS | Royal bonkers used such when partly out of uniform |
