| BREEZE | Known in Latin as "aura", a gentle wind or zephyr; a whispered rumour; a quarrel; or, a "piece of cake" (6) |
| BUZZ | The hum of bees or of voices in conversation; a euphoric rush; an atmosphere of excitement; or, a whispered rumour or report (4) |
| AURA | From Greek via Latin for "breeze, breath", word for a soft wind or zephyr originally, later for an air or distinctive atmosphere; or, an emanation (4) |
| AURAE | Same as auras |
| WHISPER | A rumour; a secret hint; a low soft voice; or, a faint murmur or rustle of leaves (7) |
| AIR | Invisible gaseous mixture through which radio or sound waves travel; a breeze or zephyr, such as that needed to disperse a samara; a melody; or, the "flight" of a skier mid jump (3) |
| WINDFALL | A fruit such as an apple or pear blown down from a tree by a breeze or zephyr, thus a word for an unexpected fruitful acquisition or trouvaille (8) |
| ROW | A spell of sculling; the distance oared; a raucous quarrel; or, a drill of vegetable plants, line of stitches, queue of people, rank of chess squares, tier of seats or other orderly file (3) |
| HEATH | Known in Latin as Erica, a plant of a moorland habitat of the same name; or, any one of the littlest butterflies commonly called "browns" (5) |
| GOLDSMITH | Author of The Vicar of Wakefield and The Deserted Village ; or, a worker in the precious metal known in Latin as aurum (9) |
| KING | Male dragonfly, monarchal title known in Latin as Rex; or, the most important piece in a game that is : descendent of chaturanga (4) |
| THURSDAY | Known in Latin as Jovis dies and derived from the name of a thunder god, one of the 24-hour periods of a week (8) |
| RUFFLE | A frill or furbelow; a quarrel; or, a low continuous beat of a drum (6) |
| EARTH | Planet known in Latin as "Terra"; or, the underground lair of a fox (5) |
| ANKLE | Known in Latin as the tarsus, a region of the body containing the talus and talocrural joint (5) |
| SPARROW | Known collectively as a quarrel or an ubiquity, one of the birds described as an "LBJ" or "LBB" (7) |
| TIFF | A dram; a huff; a quarrel; or, a sip (4) |
| HAWK | Any of various birds of prey known in Latin as accipiters (4) |
| REDHANDED | Caught - -; phrase known in Latin as in flagrante delicto (3-6) |
| RED | Known in Latin as "Rufus", colour used to signify danger or "stop" (3) |
