| ROAD | Word, derived from the Old English meaning "journey on horseback", for a highway (4) |
| HELLSKITCHEN | The type of place that prepares devils on horseback for an old New York suburb? (4'1,7) |
| GYMKHANA | Games on horseback for children at Pony Club or local shows (8) |
| ACRE | From the Old English meaning "open field", a word for a unit of land area that is etymologically related to the name of the fruit of the oak (4) |
| PLAY | From the Old English meaning "to exercise", "brisk movement" and related to the Middle Dutch "leap for joy, dance", a dramatic work for the stage; or, activity for amusement (4) |
| RIDE | Term, related to a word for a highway, for a journey on horseback or bike via such a lane, street or track (4) |
| KEEP | From the Old English meaning "to observe" or "compare", the donjon or tower at the heart of a medieval castle, used as a refuge (4) |
| GRIT | Word for a broad smile, yet derived from Old English meaning "bare the teeth in pain or anger" (4) |
| HAWS | From the Old English meaning "hedge", fruits of the tree Crataegus that form part of the countryside's seasonal bounty with brambles, rosehips, elderberries and sloes (4) |
| LORD | Nobleman or peer whose title derives from the Old English meaning "bread-keeper"; or, a dominant planet in astrology (4) |
| ROUT | Word derived from the idea of a broken army for a decisive defeat; a noisy rabble; a large evening party or reception; or, a pack of wolves (4) |
| LAST | Derived from Old English meaning "footprint", model upon which shoes/boots are fashioned (4) |
| ERIC | Male name derived from the old Norse "Eirikr", meaning 'sole ruler' or 'ever powerful" (4) |
| AREA | Rest ___ (place for a highway driver to take a break) |
| ARID | A journey on horseback mostly lacking in interest (4) |
| GOSSIP | From the Old English meaning "godparent", a word for a close friend or one invited to attend a birth that later came to mean chitchat, idle talk or tittle-tattle (6) |
| WATCH | From the Old English meaning "to be or remain awake", a period of surveillance; a sailor's turn of duty; or, a timepiece for the wrist |
| SPELL | From the Old English meaning "story, speech" or "narration", a word for a magic formula or incantation (5) |
| HARVEST | From the Old English meaning "autumn", the cutting and gathering of crops during the approach to the aforesaid season, or the name given to its corresponding full moon (7) |
| TADPOLE | From the Old English meaning "toad head", the larva or "pollywiggle" of a frog, newt, salamander or the first mentioned amphibian; or, a political hack other than Taper in Benjamin Disraeli's novel Co |
