| MOONSTONES | Gems named for their visual effect and not for their place of origin |
| RHETORICAL | Type of question, one made for effect and not requiring an answer (10) |
| LOWCOUNTRIES | High living is apparently not for their inhabitants (3,9) |
| COCKPIT | Fellow pilot - look out for their place? (7) |
| STARRUBY | A precious scarlet cabochon gem named for manifesting the estoile-like phenomenon called asterism (4,4) |
| BARNEYSTONE | Gem named for a dinosaur? |
| HURDLE | Frame on which traitors were dragged to their place of execution |
| SITDOWN | Strike in which workers refuse to leave their place of work (3-4) |
| SLAB | Thick slice cut by top scientist at their place of work |
| PHARMACOLOGY | Branch of medicine dealing with the uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs |
| TOXICOLOGY | Scientific study of poisons and their effects and antidotes (10) |
| PHARMACOPEIA | . List of drugs with drections for preparation and uses, side-effects and recommended dosages (12) |
| THESTROKES | Title of a crossword with theme answers like OVERHAND KNOT, BUTTERFLY EFFECT, and CRAWL SPACE |
| LIFE | Drawing on manual skills is the art to get a visual effect of it. (5,4) |
| STYLE | Drawing on manual skills is the art to get a visual effect of it. (5,4) |
| OLIVIA | _ Wilde, star of films The Lazarus Effect and Tron: Legacy (6) |
| MELTON | Cloth named after its pork pie-producing, "paint the town red" place of origin, traditionally used for black hunt jackets, pinks and overcoats (6) |
| BUFFALOWINGS | *Snack named for its New York place of origin |
| FORLOVE | Go for this at court and not for reward (3,4) |
| SUBTERFUGE | Scheme of more delicate baroque composition lacking length and not for everyone (10) |
