| GLENDOWER | Welsh hero taking valley - English word, unfortunately |
| OWEN | ___ Glendower, Welsh hero (4) |
| GRASSWIDOWERS | Lonely husbands not fully understanding wise words, unfortunately |
| GENTLEMANLIKE | Epithet for Austen hero taking me and Ellen out (13) |
| ADJUDGE | Hardy hero taking good puff before award(7) |
| BALDERDASH | War hero taking flight across lake? Nonsense |
| ELCID | Hero taking gamble over crossing lake |
| ADVENTURER | A play returned covering volume by a hero taking risks (10) |
| DENE | Old English word for a wooded valley (4) |
| REICH | German word analogous to the English word empire (5) |
| KNAVE | Old English word for a boy ; or, another word for the jack in cards (5) |
| SCAMPI | In Italian, it means "European lobster." The English word is used to label a dish with shrimp prepared with a garlic-flavored sauce. First known English usage is 1925. |
| STOKE | Common prefix for English towns and villages, from the Old English word for place (5) |
| MANIFESTO | *Earlier this month, Italy's prime minister supported a new bill banning the use of English in official communications; this English word meaning "strong statement of beliefs" comes from Italian, as d |
| TAHITI | The English word "tattoo" comes from "tatau", a word from where? (6) |
| CANOE | English word from the Carib |
| AREA | English word from the Latin for "courtyard" |
| SKEET | English word from the Old Norse "skjota," meaning "to shoot" |
| THEE | English word related to the German "Sie" |
| SET | English word with the most definitions |