| CLEG | Alternative name for a horsefly, especially one of the genus Haematopota (4) |
| SLUG | Alternative name for a blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae; a gadfly or horsefly (4) |
| KIRK | Scottish word for a church, especially one of the Church of Scotland (4) |
| LING | Alternative name for a heather of the calluna genus (4) |
| ERNE | Alternative name for a sea eagle, particularly the white- tailed eagle (4) |
| BUTCHERBIRD | A shrike, especially one of the genus Lanius (11) |
| DISCIPLE | One of the personal followers of Christ during his life, especially one of the 12 Apostles (8) |
| EIRE | Alternative name for a European island (4) |
| SHOO | "Beat it, horsefly" |
| SCLERITE | Hardened body part, especially one of the plates making up the exoskeleton of an arthropod (8) |
| MADRIGAL | A part song for several voices, especially one of the Renaissance period (8) |
| FLIPFLOP | A soggy mess of food; a blundering use of a word; a person, such as a character in Joseph Andrews, guilty of said malapropism; an alternative name for a rubber thong; or, twaddle (8) |
| WAINSCOT | A lining applied to the walls of a room, especially one of wood panelling |
| CYTISUS | One of the genus subjects of this week's Miscellany! (7) |
| RUDBECKIA | One of the genus subjects of this week's Miscellany! (9) |
| CRO | One of the genus subjects of this week's Miscellany! (6) |
| CUS | One of the genus subjects of this week's Miscellany! (6) |
| COLCHICUM | One of the genus subjects of this week's Miscellany! (9) |
| DAVIT | Small crane on board a ship, especially one of a pair used for raising and lowering lifeboats (5) |
| OSSICLE | Small bone, especially one of three bones of the middle ear (7) |
