| TONEME | Linguistic term from SW, perhaps, used by the writer |
| EYELINER | Cosmetic craft used by the writer before an audience |
| DISPENSATION | Licence is used by the writer seated with one in presence of don (12) |
| NORMAKHOURI | What name was used by the author of Forbidden Love (2003) |
| ELLISBELL | Pen name used by the author of Wuthering Heights |
| LONDONBRIDGE | Jack, perhaps, used by card game: a capital feature |
| SPACEHEATER | Radiator perhaps used by astronauts? (5,6) |
| SUGAR | Outer coat, perhaps, used by Argus (5) |
| EPITHET | What is the linguistic term for "the Great" in Catherine the Great's name? (7) |
| APHESIS | Linguistic term for the gradual loss of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, as in round from around (7) |
| SYNTAX | Linguistic term for the arrangement of words in a sentence |
| PARONYM | Linguistic term for a word that's almost the same as another word, like "affect" and "effect" |
| SLAV | Poles and Serbs are among those covered by this ethnic and linguistic term (4) |
| FALSEFRIEND | Linguistic term for a misleading cognate |
| STOIC | Term, from the Greek name of the Painted Portico, for a disciple of Zeno of Citium, such as the boxer Cleanthes, ex-slave Epictetus, favourite Perseus or champion runner Chrysippus, who laughed himsel |
| WEXFORD | County of SE Republic of Ireland separated from SW Wales by St George's Channel |
| SWIRL | Eddy from SW Ireland (5) |
| PENANCE | Last letter sent from SW town in atonement (7) |
| LEYTONSTONE | London District/Overground Line taking lots away from SW? (11) |
| IBERIAN | Series of millionaire bigwigs returning from SW Europe |
