| JANEDOE | US legal name given to an unidentified woman |
| DOE | Jane ___ (unidentified woman) |
| DUENNA | Name given to an older woman acting as governess and companion in charge of girls, especially in a S |
| EDY | Name given to an ice cream brand |
| NAN | Name given to an elderly relation? (3) |
| HOLT | What is the name given to an otter's den? (4) |
| INDIAMAN | Country name given to an inhabitant of the Midwest (8) |
| DUBAI | Name given to an excellent city. (5) |
| TALKIE | Name given to an early film with sound (6) |
| ARCHPOET | Name given to an unknown medieval versifier |
| ALMAGEST | Name given to an astronomical treatise by Ptolemy (8) |
| ADAMANT | Insistent it's a name given to an insect (7) |
| AIRONTHE | Name given to an 1871 arrangement of the second movement of Bach's Suite no. 3 in D for orchestra (3 |
| GSTRING | Name given to an 1871 arrangement of the second movement of Bach's Suite no. 3 in D for orchestra |
| LUCY | Name given to an Australopithecene skeleton found in the Great Rift Valley, the world's most famous hominid fossil (4) |
| BARBARYCOAST | Name given to an area of the Mediterranean which was a hotbed of piracy in the 17th and 18th centuries (7,5) |
| TENAILLE | From French for "pincers", name given to an outwork between bastions, V-shaped, like said tongs (8) |
| SILICON | - - - Valley, name given to an area of California known for its tech companies (7) |
| HITLIST | Names given to an assassin |
| SAYSOMETHING | Response to silence, for example, shows an unidentified object (3,9) |
