| STORY | Word originally for a historical account that came to mean a tale, real or imaginary, told for fun (5) |
| SCORE | An incised line; a notch in a tally; a set of 20; or, a historical account of charges in a tavern |
| PANE | Word originally for a rag or a piece of cloth that later came to mean a division of a window or its sheet of glass; or, in philately, a page of stamps from a booklet (4) |
| CAGE | Word for a hollow that came to mean a basket for fowls, a bottle-holder, a coop, a corf, a hutch, a netted goal, a prison cell or a squirrel's drey (4) |
| STRIKE | Anglo-Saxon word for "to go or flow" or "to rub lightly" that came to mean a hit; an attack by aircraft; a raid; a find, as in gold, luck or oil; or, a downing of work tools in protest (6) |
| JUMPER | Word for a sailor's loose outer jacket that came to mean a woollen jersey in the UK or a pinafore dress in the US; a quarry drill; a crude sled; or, a horse for puissance, e.g. (6) |
| TAPER | Anglo-Saxon word for any wax candle that came to mean a long thin waxed wick or spill for transferring a flame; a gradual narrowing or reduction; or, a dim or feeble light (5) |
| CARPET | Word originally for a tablecloth or bedcover that came to mean a woven floor covering or a layer of flowers or snow resembling thus (6) |
| SNOB | Word originally for a cobbler that came to mean a person of ordinary status, a townsman as opposed to Cambridge gownsman or an elitist (4) |
| CANTEEN | From the Italian meaning "wine cellar", a word originally for a shop in a barracks selling liquor and provisions to troops that later came to mean a soldier's water bottle (7) |
| TINCTURE | Word for a dye or pigment that, from the sense "imparted quality", came to mean a pharmaceutical or medicinal extract; an alcoholic drink; or, a slight aroma, flavour or trace (8) |
| AMORET | Old word of French origin for a sweetheart that came to mean a sonnet or love-song; a love-knot; a romantic glance; or, a trifling affair (6) |
| MAIL | Word originally for a bag or wallet that came to mean a postal system or the batch of letters and parcels thus conveyed (4) |
| PARTY | Word originally for a group opposed to others that, by the 18th century, came to mean a social gathering of invited guests, typically with food/drink as a celebration (5) |
| JOCKEY | A pet form of a generic name for a lad, ordinary man or underling that came to mean a mounted courier, horse-dealer and later an equestrian "pilot" such as a steeplechaser (6) |
| FATE | From Latin for "that which has been spoken", a word for the judgment or sentence of the gods that came to mean a person's "lot" (4) |
| FILM | From "membrane, skin", a word for a fine thread, gauzy web, haze, mist, pellicle or thin coating that, over time, came to mean a strip of celluloid; or, the motion picture captured on it (4) |
| HARBOUR | Old word for a refuge or shelter that came to mean a haven for ships (7) |
| TEAM | Meaning "childbearing", a word originally for a brood or litter, later a set of draught animals working in a harness together; a flight of ducks or geese; or, a squad of athletes (4) |
| COTERIE | A clan of prairie dogs; or, a French word, originally for a number of peasants holding land jointly from a lord, that has come to mean an exclusive circle or clique (7) |
