| ILKS | Varieties or types |
| CROSSBREEDS | Animals with parents of two distinct varieties ... or a description of the pairs of shaded words? |
| THYMUS | Genus of herbs with caraway-, lemon-, orange- and rose-scented varieties; or, a lymphoid organ (6) |
| SORT | Arrange systematically into groups or types (4) |
| SORTS | Kinds or types |
| EPITOMES | Perfect examples of particular qualities or types (8) |
| GIRANDOLAS | Grandiose earrings named after ornamental candelabras; or, types of whirling fireworks (10) |
| CUTS | Pieces or types of meat removed in a particular way from the animal (4) |
| SPOTTER | One whose hobby is watching for and noting numbers or types of trains, planes etc (7) |
| CORGIS | Welsh "dwarf dogs" such as the Pembroke breeds or types that were esteemed by Queen Elizabeth II (6) |
| TUMBLERS | What word can mean acrobats, drinking-glasses or types of pigeons? (8) |
| SPIKE | Species or type of lavender; another name for an old piton used to belay in rock climbing/mountaineering; or, the nickname of Terence Alan Milligan (5) |
| RETRIEVER | Breed or type of gun dog, either golden, flat-coated or curly-coated (9) |
| PUNCH | Device for making holes in leather or paper; or, type of fruit cup (5) |
| POPULATIONS | A group or type of people living in a place or area around the globe (11) |
| ROCKER | Either of a pair of curved supports mounted on the bottom or a cradle or type of chair (6) |
| MOR | A Cornish or Welsh word for "sea"; or, type of humus forming as a mat of leaf litter on acid soil (3) |
| NORM | From Latin for "carpenter's square, pattern, rule", an average, behavioural criterion, standard or type; or, the length of a vector (4) |
| FOOTER | A walker; a Scots word for a fiddle or potter about; an informal name for soccer; a kick of the ball in said game; or, type/text at the bottom of a page, in contrast to the header, at the top (6) |
| SPACER | Word for an astronaut; a bar-shaped key for inserting a blank; an item for separating beads, tiles or type; or, informally, a person who zones out (6) |
