| NICKNAMED | Called by a playful substitute name (person, place) (9) |
| GREENHORN | Inexperienced person's place for putting butter? |
| LUXURYTAX | N.B.A. penalty not called by a referee |
| NEMPT | How Spenser was called by a politician in a trap (5) |
| TERMED | Called by a specific name |
| OGDEN | "If called by a panther, don't anther" poet Nash |
| NASH | Author of the line: "If called by a panther, don't anther" |
| MEETING | One may be called by a manager |
| SURNAMED | Called by a family identifier, such as Smith |
| DYE | To pass away as called by a colouring agent |
| AUDIBLES | Last-second play changes called by a quarterback |
| REDPLANET | Mars is called by this nickname, due to its rusty appearance (3,6) |
| SOUVENIR | A thing kept as a reminder of a person, place or event (8) |
| NOUN | Schoolhouse Rock "A ___ Is a Person, Place or Thing" |
| THING | A person, place or ___ is a noun (5) |
| AURA | Distinctive atmosphere diffused by or attending a person, place, etc. / premonitory symptom in epilepsy |
| PROPERNOUNS | Capitalized words that refer to a particular person, place or thing: 2 wds. |
| VIBE | Aura given off by person/place |
| NOUNS | Words that refer to a person, place, or thing. (5) |
| ADNOUN | Modifier used as a person, place or thing |
