| SKEAT | Walter William, compiler of a huge etymological dictionary (5) |
| HAHA | A type of sunken fence bordering a landscaped garden or park whose name, according to etymologist Walter William Skeat, derives from the interjection of surprise of a visitor encountering said obstacl |
| ROGET | English doctor, compiler of a thesaurus, d. 1869 (5) |
| ASIAN | An AIS native of a huge continent |
| CANAL | Type of waterway that shares its etymological root, "pipe, groove", with a variety of tubular pasta (5) |
| OCHRE | Earthy pigment with a rich history and, despite its etymological foundation "yellow", a range of warm natural colours from gold, mustard and saffron to deep orange, red or brown (5) |
| ROUSE | Word whose etymological journey arose or started with a falcon's feather shake but moved to a broader term encompassing awakening or stirring up emotions; or, a bugle's wake-up call (5) |
| ALLAN | Compiler of ABC of Southern Locomotives in 1942 (3,5) |
| WHORL | Whether a coil, convolution, spiral or verticil in a corolla, fingerprint or seashell, it is an etymological spin-off from the medieval "flywheel" (5) |
| MENSA | Compiler of names of geniuses |
| SWAMP | A waterlogged wetland habitat, aptly described by its etymological roots, "bog, fungus, marsh, morass, muddy pool, mushroom, spongy" (5) |
| LUDIC | Word for "playful" that shares its etymological root with a board game whose name means "I play" (5) |
| FLUTE | A word whose etymological tour glissades from flageolet and piccolo to architectural groove, champagne glass, tapestry-weaving shuttle and trumpet-shaped frill (5) |
| OCTET | Group concoct etymological study (5) |
| VISOR | Helmet's mask/shade reflecting its etymological origin "face, see, sight" (5) |
| FAMED | Intense interest grips crossword compiler of some renown |
| LEEKS | Scallions with shallow botanical roots, whose etymological root is the Old English for "onion" (5) |
| EMOJI | Word that surprisingly has no etymological relation to "emoticon" |
| JOHNSON | Dr Samuel _, compiler of a famous dictionary (7) |
| ANTHOLOGIST | Compiler of a collection of works (11) |
