| BEVY | Word meaning "group" that's most commonly used to refer to birds |
| ESPRIT | ___ de corps, French phrase meaning 'group morale and unity' (6) |
| IMPETIGO | Contagious skin disease that's most commonly found in children |
| EEL | Fish that's most commonly eaten in Japan |
| HEAVYWEIGHT | Boxing class also a word commonly used to refer to something that's important or influential |
| SLAMDUNK | Basketball shot also a word commonly used to refer to something done very successfully: 2 wds. |
| COUNT | Down for the ___ boxing term that's commonly used to refer to lost struggles |
| SAVED | ___ by the bell boxing term that's commonly used to refer to narrow escapes |
| POST | First past the ___ British horse racing term that's commonly used to refer to a voting system |
| RETRONYM | New term coined to restore the original meaning of a word now commonly used to indicate something else, as in snail mail and acoustic guitar (8) |
| THE | Most commonly used word in written English |
| INVERSES | Opposites - this word is most commonly used in math (8) |
| CANNABIS | Most commonly used (mostly) illicit drug (8) |
| IAMSORRY | Most commonly used expression of regret ? (1,2,5) |
| CORDITE | What smokeless explosive is most commonly used in ammunition? (7) |
| ASBESTOS | Chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite are the most commonly used forms of what? (8) |
| AND | Most commonly used conjunction in the English language |
| NYLON | What material is most commonly used for brush bristles? (5) |
| MRS | In short, the most commonly used title for a married lady (3) |
| HDMI | Cable commonly used to connect a TV to a laptop/DVD player etc. (1,1,1,1) |
