| SKIFFS | Wooden boats of the Thames that evolved from the wherries operated by London watermen (6) |
| LAUNCH | Party celebrating a new book; or, linked with "slipper" for a boat of the Thames with Lloyd Loom chairs (6) |
| WINDRUSH | Tributary of the Thames that flows through the Cotswolds (8) |
| WATERLOO | Class of 2-4-0 steam locomotive operated by London and North Western Railway and London, Midland & Scottish Railway (8) |
| SEINE | Net used by French watermen (5) |
| NEWMARKET | Course correction for watermen conveying king (9) |
| NAPOLI | Italian name for the capital of Campania; a city that evolved from the Ancient Greek settlement Part |
| EUROPA | UEFA - League; football competition that evolved from the UEFA Cup (6) |
| SCYTHE | Tool that evolved from the sickle |
| REGGAE | Form of 1960s Jamaican music that evolved from ska and calypso (6) |
| VIOLIN | Also called a fiddle, this is bowed instrument that evolved during the Renaissance from earlier bowed instruments: the medieval fiddle, the lira da braccio, and the rebec. (6) |
| ABACUS | Beaded counting frame that evolved from a sand-scattered board (6) |
| KENNET | Tributary of the River Thames that flows through Marlborough, Hungerford and Newbury |
| YODELS | Falsetto mountain warbles that evolved from Swiss herders' calls (6) |
| CRINGE | Word that evolved from "bend, shrink, yield" or "fall in battle" to flinch in distaste, inwardly shiver, recoil in embarrassment or wince in disgust (6) |
| TIFFIN | Grammar school in Kingston upon Thames that Irish Lion Rob Henderson went to (6) |
| ROCOCO | Style that evolved from Baroque |
| AFRIKAANS | An official language of South Africa that evolved from the dialects of Dutch settlers (9) |
| TENNIS | Lawn sport which evolved from the royal one |
| ZYDECO | Form of American music that evolved in southwest Louisiana in the early 19th century |
