| COLUMBA | Dove, a pet name, see eg Plautus Casina 138 |
| EMERALD | A virid gem whose name is used to denote other green things including a dove, a dragonfly, a hummingbird, Ireland, a mango and a moth (7) |
| FLORESSEA | ___ cuckoo-dove, a species of bird native to Indonesia (6,3) |
| BUN | Dialect for a dry stalk; a chignon or cockernony; a bread roll; a little cake with currants or cream; a pet name for rabbit or a squirrel; or, a hare's scut (3) |
| APERITUR | Sed ____ ostium: but the door is opening, Plautus Casina 779 |
| SAPIS | Si ____: if you are sensible; (Plautus Casina 838 inter alia) |
| EGOHAUDCREDO | "I don't believe it", Victor Meldrew: Plautus Casina 356 is similar |
| AGITIS | Quid vos ____? What're you two up to? Plautus Casina 358 |
| BUNNY | What 17th Century term of endearment for a woman or child became a pet name for a rabbit? (5) |
| IDTAG | Place for a pet name |
| ENDEARMENT | Tender moment includes reference with a pet name (4,2,10) |
| TERMOF | Tender moment includes reference with a pet name (4,2,10) |
| MORALAGENT | In philosophy, a ____ can see, eg, that murder is wrong |
| STIPANTE | ____ caterva: with a mob crowding round, see eg Aen. 1.497 |
| RACINO | Here you see eg steeplechasing, losing a grand, ending up with nothing? |
| ANAIS | Diarist's first name [SEE NOTE ABOVE] |
| ELOISE | Girl's name; see oil (anag) (6) |
| MUSAM | Eg, Plautus' Thalia, Horace's Erato, Virgil's Calliope (acc. sing.) |
| AGENDAE | Res ____: things to be done. Cf., eg. Plautus Mercator 2.2.225 |
| ITAVERO | Yes, certainly, vide eg Plautus Menaechmi 1096 |
