| AMARYLLIS | Alternative name for the belladonna lily (9) |
| ICHNEUMON | What is the alternative name for the Egyptian mongoose, or a type of wasp? (9) |
| ALLIGATOR | '___ pear', alternative name for the avocado (9) |
| GREATBEAR | Alternative name for the constellation Ursa Major (9) |
| SOLITAIRE | Alternative name for the card game patience (9) |
| KAMPUCHEA | A former or alternative name for the country Cambodia (9) |
| EGLANTINE | Alternative name for the sweet briar (9) |
| OCTOTHORP | Alternative name for the keyboard hash symbol (9) |
| NIPPONESE | Alternative name for the language of Japan (9) |
| DECALOGUE | Alternative name for the biblical commandments of Moses; from Greek, 'ten words' (9) |
| SASQUATCH | Alternative name for the legendary Bigfoot, used especially in W Canada; from Salish (9) |
| DAYSOFAWE | Alternative name for the Jewish High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur), translated literally from the Hebrew Yamim Noraim (4,2,3) |
| MILKSUGAR | Alternative name for the naturally-occurring disaccharide lactose (4,5) |
| ROCKMELON | Alternative name for the cantaloupe, used especially in Australia (4,5) |
| THEMEARNS | Alternative name for the historic county of Kincardineshire (3,6) |
| CHILEPINE | Alternative name for the monkey puzzle tree |
| AYERSROCK | Alternative name for the monolith Uluru |
| TWENTYONE | Alternative name for the card game pontoon |
| ORRISROOT | Alternative name for the Florentine iris, whose dried and powdered rhizomes are used in perfumery (5-4) |
| NIGHTSHADE | Term, alluding to the dark, narcotic, poisonous or soporific qualities of its berries, for a solanum, such as the belladonna or bittersweet (10) |
