| SUCHANDSUCH | Vague substitute for something more specific |
| EUPHEMISM | A milder term for something more offensive (9) |
| TRUSTWORTHY | Throw rusty tea out - look for something more reliable (11) |
| WAITAROUND | Not leave, as for something more important |
| PRONOUNCEMENT | Substitute for something binding in declaration (13) |
| STOPGAP | Temporary substitute for something else (7) |
| ERSATZ | Describing an artificial and inferior substitute for something (6) |
| SCIENCE | From the Latin for "to know", a word for any branch of knowledge including the arts originally, later for the more specific study of the natural and physical world (7) |
| CAN | Word for any vessel for liquid originally, now a more specific cylindrical metal "tin" for baked beans, beer, fruit, paint, pop, soup etc (3) |
| MAKESHIFT | Serving as a temporary and less adequate substitute for something (9) |
| SCRIPTURE | Word for handwriting, anything written or for the more specific sacred writings of a religion (9) |
| ACID | Word, apparently introduced by scientist Francis Bacon, for any sour-tasting substance, or for one with a more specific pH of less than 7 (4) |
| SNOUTS | Word for animals' muzzles, birds' beaks or elephants' trunks originally, later for the more specific noses of beasts such as hedgehogs or pigs (6) |
| HOUND | Word for any dog originally, later a more specific canine bred for hunting, such as a beagle; a contemptible or despicable person; a pursuer in a paper chase; or, any assiduous seeker (5) |
| OAST | From "burn, fire", word for any kiln originally, later a more specific "cockle" for drying hops or malt (4) |
| FISH | Word originally for any creature living in water as opposed to a "beast of the field" or a "bird of the air", later a more specific aquatic vertebrate, such as a minnow, salmon or trout (4) |
| HYPONYM | A more specific word, such as “chair” for “furniture” |
| ADDDETAILS | Be more specific |
| INTHEWAY | Hindering progress by sort of making article more specific |
| ADDDETAIL | Get more specific |
