| EVANGEL | Name applied to any of the four main Gospels (7) |
| SHIKOKU | The smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea (north) and the Kii Strait (east) and from Kyushu by the Bungo Strait (west). (7) |
| SISTINE | Relating to any of the popes called Sixtus (7) |
| GALILEO | Discoverer of the four main moons of Jupiter (7) |
| COLUMBA | Name applied to Class 47 in the 1990s to mark the 1,400th anniversary of the death of famous Iona resident (5, 7) |
| EMERALD | One of the four main precious gems; a form of beryl traditionally used as a birthstone for May (7) |
| SPARROW | The name of this bird refers to any of a number of small, chiefly seed-eating birds that have conical bills. In Henry IV, Part 1 (act 2, scene 4), Hal says, "He that rides at high speed and with the p |
| NAUGHTY | 'Badly behaved' applied to any thug (7) |
| ANODYNE | Soothing as a medicine applied to any node (7) |
| HOKKAIDO | The northernmost of the four main islands of Japan. It is bordered by the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Sea of Okhotsk to the north, and the Pacific Ocean. (8) |
| PREFECT | Name given to any of various officials placed in authority over others, including a magistrate in ancient Rome, head of a department in France or a senior school pupil (7) |
| ELEMENT | Any of the four substances - earth, air, fire, water |
| STEALTH | Name applied to military technology aimed at making aircraft etc "invisible" to enemy radar (7) |
| ALLHEAL | Name applied to several plants believed to have curative properties, e.g. common valerian (Valeriana officinalis) (7) |
| YANKEES | Say knee jerks was a name applied to some Americans (7) |
| MONSTER | Majority accepting name applied to recent monarch of great significance |
| SISTER | Any member of the band HAIM, to any of the other members |
| JIMCROW | Name applied to US racial discrimination laws, derived from an early 19th-century minstrel routine (3,4) |
| PARALLEL | Name given to any of the 89 lines of latitude in each hemisphere (8) |
| TOKYOROSE | Name given to any of the English-speaking female broadcasters of Japanese propaganda in World War II (4) |
