| OCTAGONAL | With eight sides and eight angles |
| OCTAGON | A figure with eight sides and eight angles (7) |
| OCTAGONS | Figures with eight sides and eight angles (8) |
| OCTANGULAR | With eight sides (10) |
| OCTAHEDRON | Shape with eight sides (10) |
| ENTANGLE | Plane with eight angles (8) |
| MESSIAEN | French composer with centenary in two thousand and eight |
| OCTOPUS | Cephalopod with no skeleton, a beak and eight arms (7) |
| AGES | Ten and eight, to Bart and Lisa |
| SQUID | Animal with three hearts and eight arms |
| FACETS | Information about first of eight sides of a gem (6) |
| EARLS | British nobles whose coronets feature eight silver balls and eight strawberry leaves |
| KIRIBATI | Independent republic in the Pacific comprising 33 islands including Banaba , the Gilbert and Phoenix Islands, and eight of the Line Islands |
| CHESSMAN | The eight pieces and eight pawns used by each player in chess (6) |
| EVENTHESCORE | Square, say, two plus three hundred and eight, initially, and then add twenty (4,3,5) |
| MICHAELCOOPER | One of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who won five NBA Championships and eight All-Defensive Teams with the team: 2 wds. |
| CONDITIONS | When the ___ are favourable the cocoons produce between 1 and 18 earthworms which will live on average between four and eight years. |
| FLOREAL | Month of blossom in the French revolutionary calendar with Prairial "meadow", Messidor "harvest", Fructidor "fruits" and eight others (7) |
| LOBSTER | Edible marine crustacean with a hard shell, two strong claws and eight legs |
| STEPHENSONDHEIM | Composer and lyricist who wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, winner of an Oscar and eight Grammies (7,8) |
