| 20 answers for: Word for something |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| TERM | Word for something |
| ROBUST | From the Latin for "oak, strength", a word for something healthy, strong, sturdy or vigorous, or for wine or food with a rich full-bodied flavour (6) |
| BOULE | French word for something globular, such as a cobloaf, round piece of dough, metal orb for petanque or for the original shape of a Verneuil imitation ruby or sapphire (5) |
| CRYPTIC | From Greek for "hidden", a word for something mysterious, obscure, occult, puzzling or secret, such as a clue in an enigmatic crossword of the same name; or, the camouflaging colouring of certain anim |
| SWIFT | Word for something rapid, such as a "devil bird", "screech martin", fast-flying moth, carding machine's main cylinder or a reel for winding a skein of wool or other yarn (5) |
| PARTICLE | Word for something as seemingly simple as a crumb or a speck of dust but also for a highly complex structure, such as an atom, proton, neutron or quark (8) |
| SEEDER | A pippin of a word for something such as an apple pipper, cherry pitter, stoner or a basket/drill for sowing (6) |
| SUPER | Latin preposition meaning "above, beyond" as the prefix for a celestial explosion, oversized food market or sonic boom; or, a word for something positively ripping, splendid, top-hole or wizard (5) |
| ENAMEL | English word for something initially like paint |
| RETRONYM | New word for something old |
| CONCRETENOUN | Word for something tangible |
| ANNOUNCEMENT | Declaration of a new word for something material in construction (12) |
| SYNONYM | Another word for something extremely sexy, quite the opposite of extremely manly, perhaps (7) |
| TRIFLE | Word for something small or trivial that is also a cold pudding of custard, cream, fruit and sponge (6) |
| LEMON | Relation of lime and bergamot; or, a word for something defective that derives from the aforesaid citrus being the lowest value symbol on some fruit machines (5) |
| COB | Word for something rounded or sturdy, such as a boule of bread, core of an ear of corn, hazelnut, lump of coal or short-legged type of horse (3) |
| FLAT | Word for something even or level, such as a ballet shoe, grassy plain or line on a monitor when the heart stops beating; or, an apartment (4) |
| USED | Word for something cast-off, dog-eared, handed down, nearly new, second-hand, vintage or worn (4) |
| SPIRAL | From "coil", a word for something helical, such as a corkscrew, notebook binding, volute or winding stair (6) |
| ROSACE | Word for something such as a circular aperture, knot of ribbons, oeil-de-boeuf, marigold/wheel window or ornament resembling an eglantine, sweetbrier or related flower (6) |
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