| PATIENCE | Ambrose Bierce defined it as "A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue" |
| MOE | "Calvin and Hobbes" character described as "a six-year-old who shaves" |
| PETRA | Jordanian landmark described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" |
| SPYKIDS | 2001 film described as "a fusion of Willy Wonka and James Bond" |
| GASLIGHT | In the beginning, God provided a minor form of illumination (8) |
| ART | Georgia O'Keeffe defined it as "Filling a space in a beautiful way" |
| PATRIOTISM | Term used to describe devotion to one's own country - Samuel Johnson defined it as 'the last refuge of the scoundrel' |
| HINDUKUSH | A major mountain system of Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Broadly defined, it is some 500 miles (800 km) long and up to 150 miles (240 km) wide. Its highest point is Tirich Mir. |
| INNOVATION | Steve Jobs defined it as "saying no to a thousand things" |
| ACHIEVEMENT | The death of endeavour and the birth of disgust, according to Ambrose Bierce |
| DESTINY | "A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure," per Ambrose Bierce |
| MONEY | "A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it," according to Ambrose Bierce |
| ORONYM | Similar-sounding phrase, such as "I scream" for "ice cream" |
| RIZZ | Oxford's 2023 Word of the Year, defined as "style, charm, or attractiveness" |
| GANYMEDE | Name adopted by Rosalind, heroine of Shakespeare's As You Like It, when disguised as a male shepherd (8) |
| CHILDCARE | Minor form of supervision (9) |
| PALMISTRY | Maiden is engaged in minor form of clairvoyance |
| VIRTUE | Shaw defined it as "insufficient temptation" |
| PAGAN | In his Devil's Dictionary, what does Ambrose Bierce define as: "A benighted person who prefers home- |
| ABSCOND | "___ - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another": Ambrose Bierce (7) |
