| RAKU | This type of pottery was originally used in Japanese tea ceremonies |
| STAIRWAY | Air was originally used in last flight (8) |
| POOLE | Dorset town where its Pottery was founded on the Quay in 1875 (5) |
| STONEWARE | Durable type of pottery used for vintage flagons, Provencal tians, Japanese tea bowls, tapas dishes, bread crocks and pots for kitchen utensils (9) |
| TATAMI | Mat used in the Japanese tea ceremony |
| BETA | A 1990s Lancia release whose name was originally used by Fairthorpe in the 1960s (4) |
| TNT | What was originally used as a yellow dye before its best-known property was discovered |
| GUNMETAL | Which alloy of copper, tin and zinc was originally used for making firearms? (8) |
| RIOS | Modern-day Kia models whose name was originally used by Panther in the Seventies (4) |
| GRADE | A category of a listed building; a music exam; or, meaning "step", word originally used in English as a unit of measurement of angles, now for a particular level of quality, rank etc (5) |
| CHARITES | Graces used in tea ceremonies (8) |
| ROJI | Meaning "dewy ground", a Japanese garden with a path of stepping-stones leading to a chashitsu for tea ceremonies (4) |
| SALUKI | Also called a Persian hound, what ancient breed of tall dog was originally used for hunting gazelle? |
| POODLE | It was originally used as a water retriever |
| MALARIA | What tonic water was originally used to treat |
| SHELLAC | What resin was originally used for moulding phonograph records? (7) |
| PIERGLASS | What large mirror was originally used to fill wall space between windows? (4,5) |
| SCAN | Type of examination consultant originally used in hospital |
| KUFIC | Highly angular form of the Arabic alphabet originally used in copies of the Koran. (5) |
| CELADON | Type of pottery of Chinese origin with a pale green glaze (7) |