| MONDEGREEN | Word, coined by writer Sylvia Wright in 1954 after misinterpreting a line in The Bonny Earl of Murray, for an often humorous or nonsensical phrase or "eggcorn" resulting from mishearing the lyrics of |
| ROBOT | Word coined by writer Capek |
| EARLE | "The World Is Blue" author Sylvia |
| PLATH | "The Bell Jar" author Sylvia |
| CELL | Word coined by Robert Hooke for the smallest unit of life; or, one of the compartments of a honeycomb (4) |
| CYCLONE | Word, coined by a sea captain and thought to derive from the Greek for "wheel, coil of a snake", for a system of winds spiralling inwards (7) |
| CELLS | Word coined by Robert Hooke for the estimated 30-40 trillion protoplasmic "building blocks" or units of life in the human body (5) |
| SERENDIPITY | Word, coined by Horace Walpole, for the faculty of making fortunate or happy discoveries by accident (11) |
| PORTHARCOURT | and 9ac, City in S Nigeria on the Bonny River in the Niger Delta (4,8) |
| PORT | and 9ac, City in S Nigeria on the Bonny River in the Niger Delta (4,8) |
| HARCOURT | and 9ac, City in S Nigeria on the Bonny River in the Niger Delta (4,8) |
| AMY | Author Tan who scolds Lisa for misinterpreting "The Joy Luck Club" in a cameo on "The Simpsons" |
| BOSH | Welsh dialect for a kitchen sink or a washbasin; or, from "worthless, empty", a word, coined by J J Morier, for foolish talk or absurd nonsense (4) |
| GROK | Martian word coined by Heinlein in "Stranger in a Strange Land" |
| YAHOO | Which word coined by Jonathan Swift became the name of an internet giant? (5) |
| BLURBS | Word coined by humorist Gelett Burgess in 1907, for promotional descriptions of books (6) |
| LADY | What did Alan Jay Lerner take from a line in the nursery rhyme London Bridge is Falling Down for the title of a Lerner and Loewe musical? (2,4,4) |
| MYFAIR | What did Alan Jay Lerner take from a line in the nursery rhyme London Bridge is Falling Down for the title of a Lerner and Loewe musical? (2,4,4) |
| WESTLEY | ___ and Buttercup iconic couple played by Cary Elwes and Robin Wright in the movie The Princess Bride |
| GAS | From "chaos", a word coined by Flemish chemist J B van Helmont for a perfectly elastic fluid substance, such as carbon dioxide; or, colloquially, an aimless or free-flowing chat (3) |
