| MINOR | Type of key or infraction |
| SKELETON | Type of key or crew |
| ATONALITY | Absence of key or mode |
| MAINE | State of key or locks, say |
| BUNCHES | Word for bobs of cherries, clusters of grapes, groups of boys, handfuls of flowers, hands of bananas, pelotons of cyclists, pigtails of hair, rings of keys or other agglomerations of things (7) |
| BANK | From "bench", a word for a money-dealer's table or counter that came to mean an establishment for the custody of money; a tier of oars; a row of keys; or, a sloped side of a river (4) |
| ASH | Tree related to lilac and olive with distinctive "sooty" buds and seeds resembling bunches of keys; or, the traditional name for the Old English letter or ligature AE or ae (3) |
| ALLEN | Type of key needed to turn a specific type of screw (5) |
| SHANK | Stem of an anchor, spoon or key; or, a ring or loop on the back of a type of button without holes (5) |
| MUSIC | Notes type of key used to open such bars |
| GOLDEN | Info surrounding dated type of key Elon was given |
| BOW | Fiddlestick; ring forming the handle of an old-fashioned skeleton key or a pair of scissors; an archer's recurve; or, a knot of ribbons (3) |
| NATURAL | Synonym of organic, pure or raw; a buff colour; a person of innate talent; a white piano key; or, a musical note, neither flat nor sharp, denoted J (7) |
| MEANDER | From the name of a river mentioned in Homer's Iliad, a winding watercourse; an intricate motif, such as Greek key or fret, with many twists; or, an aimless ramble or wander (7) |
| WINDED | A step of a spiral staircase; a key or knob for coiling a clock or watch's spring; a bobbin; or, a horn blower (6) |
| LEGEND | Story of a saint's life; or, a key or guide to a map's symbology (6) |
| LOCK | A tress; a grapple in wrestling; a section of a canal for raising and lowering boats; or, a device opened with a key or combination (4) |
| INTEGRAL | Key or of great importance (8) |
| ROOKERY | Building or key or bolts (7) |
| HOTWIRE | Start without key or with broken key |
