| WORLD | Word for Earth and its inhabitants that is extended to mean the cosmos, society and public life (5) |
| BLACKBIRD | Garden, woodland and parkland inhabitant that sings in the dawn chorus with the song thrush, robin, wren, chiffchaff and others (9) |
| LING | Suffix for earth ... and no other planet |
| GUEST | Word for an invitee or visitor to whom hospitality is extended, yet is derived from the Latin meaning "stranger" or "enemy" (5) |
| GNOME | A legendary dwarfish creature supposed to guard the inner parts of the earth and its treasures (5) |
| ANTIQUE | Word for remains, including sculpture, from the ancient Greek or Roman world that is extended to mean anything old or collectable (7) |
| GAGGLE | Word for a flock of geese that is extended to mean a gabbling sound or a group of garrulous people (6) |
| KHAKI | From the Hindi word for earth or dust, a colour used for military uniforms originally adopted by Sir |
| ARISE | Bar is extended to hold crop up (5) |
| PARAGON | Term for a model of excellence that is extended to mean a perfect diamond of 100 carats or more (7) |
| TENDU | Ballet movement in which the working leg is extended until only the toes remain in contact with the ground; from French, 'stretched' (5) |
| NORTH | Wood Norton is thought to mean the settlement at the ... woods (5) |
| PLASM | Proto suffix to mean the colourless liquid within a cell that contains the nucleus |
| TERRA | Latin word for earth (5) |
| VENUS | Places overlooking Earth and its neighbour (5) |
| ULTRA | Prefix with violet to mean the kind of rays the ozone layer protects us from |
| HIPPO | Cool river and its inhabitant? (5) |
| PHAGY | Suffix with geo to mean the practice of eating earth |
| DITTO | Some read it to mean the same. (5) |
| GRAFT | Corruption in public life (5) |
