| 20 answers for: Whirlpool; abyss, bay or chasm; or, by extension, ... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| GULF | Whirlpool; abyss, bay or chasm; or, by extension, a great difference or division between two groups (4) |
| DISPARITY | A great difference (9) |
| ALTERNE | A neighbouring community with great differences and eternal rioting (7) |
| DISPARITIES | Great differences (11) |
| PHALANX | A formation of ancient Greek warriors with interlocking shields; or, by extension, a dense body of soldiers; a crowd; a bone of a finger or toe; or, a bundle of stamens (7) |
| YOKE | A pair of oxen joined by a frame of the same name; or, by extension, a burden, bondage, a couple or a tie (4) |
| HIVE | From "ship's hull" and "barrel, cave, tub", a woven skep or other bee-house in an apiary or bole; a colony of bees occupying said dome/box; or, by extension, a scene of great busyness; a teeming multi |
| DUMPLING | A "little lump" of suet-enriched dough for a casserole or stew; a pudding of apple encased in said soft stodgy paste; or, by extension, a round or roly-poly-shaped person or thing (8) |
| TINGE | From "to dip or colour", a word for a trace of indigo, pink, purple, violet or other colouring; or, by extension, a hint of a feeling, flavour, quality etc (5) |
| BLOT | A stain made by ink, paint etc; or, by extension, a blemish on a person's character or reputation (4) |
| MEMBER | A bodily limb; or, by extension, a distinct part of a whole, such as an associate of a club, group or party (6) |
| OLIO | From a word for "cooking pot" or "jar", a Spanish hotchpotch-like stew; or by extension, a miscellany, mishmash, potpourri or vaudeville (4) |
| CORSET | From the Latin for "little body", a bodice or waspie; stays; or, by extension, a restriction or limitation, such as that imposed by the Bank of England to control bank lending (6) |
| STRONGHOLD | A word for a bastion, citadel, fortress or other defensive structure; or, by extension, a place or centre of predominance (10) |
| BOZZETTO | From "rough stone", an Italian word for a small clay/wax model or maquette made in preparation of a projected sculpture; or, by extension, a sketch in oils for a larger painting (8) |
| TSAR | From the Latin for "Caesar", a word for a Russian emperor; or, by extension, a despot or potentate (4) |
| FRIGHT | A sudden intense fear/shock; or, by extension, a grotesque, horrifying or ludicrous person or thing (6) |
| LOUR | A scowl or menacing glare; or, by extension, a dark, gloomy or threatening appearance of the sky (4) |
| BEANPOLE | A tall cane or stick for supporting a leguminous vine; or, by extension, a thin lofty ectomorphic person (8) |
| KERNEL | From "corn", a whole grain of wheat or other cereal; the edible central part of a fruit stone, nut or seed; by extension, a nucleus; or, the essential or core part of anything (6) |
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