| MNEMONICS | Devices to aid the memory, often based on patterns of letters (9) |
| MEMORANDA | Notes to aid the memory (9) |
| SPOTCHECK | Fleck on pattern of squares not covering everyone (4,5) |
| FLOATS | Buoyant garments or devices to aid people in water (6) |
| MNEMONIC | What is a verse or pattern of letters to aid the memory? (8) |
| AMNESIA | Partial or total loss of memory often attributed to a head injury |
| TENORCLEF | Reflect on pattern found on stave (5,4) |
| OPAL | Gemstone graded on pattern, clarity, transparency and play-of-colour (4) |
| STRIKEONE | Ump's call, often based on a sequence found in the answers to starred clues |
| FRONTAGES | What property taxes are often based on |
| REMINDERS | They're the kind of memory aids the German miners are looking for (9) |
| GUILLOCHE | Precise and intricate patterns of interlaced lines, often used on bank notes and passports |
| DREAMTIME | For Australian Aborigines, when the earth and patterns of life on earth took shape (5,4) |
| EMBROIDER | Decorate with patterns of sewing stitches (9) |
| GINKGO | Chinese tree, also known as the maidenhair tree, whose leaf extract is thought to aid the brain, mood and memory (6) |
| ZAKAT | Annual tax on Muslims to aid the poor (5) |
| ACCELERANT | A substance used to aid the spread of fire (10) |
| TARGETEDADS | They're often based on search and purchase histories |
| ACHAR | In Indian cuisine, a spicy pickle often based on mango |
| DISSERTATION | A written thesis, often based on original research (12) |
