| MUDRA | Sanskrit word for "seal, sign, token", thus for any of the symbolic hand gestures in Hindu ceremonies, classical Indian dance, statuary and yoga (5) |
| MUDRAS | Symbolic hand gestures in Hinduism |
| PLUG | Put in a good word for Seal (4) |
| FENNEL | One of the symbolic plants in Ophelia's floral soliloquy in Hamlet with rosemary, rue and violet (6) |
| SELKIES | Northern Scotland word for seals, the animals (7) |
| SYMBOL | Sign, token (6) |
| COGNITION | The symbolic, or top-down, approach in AI research seeks to replicate intelligence by analyzing _________ independent of the biological structure of the brain, in terms of the processing of symbols (9 |
| NAVEL | Word for the omphalos or umbilicus in the middle of the belly, thus for any central part or point (5) |
| CEILING | Word for the plaster- or laquearia covered top of a room, thus for any upper limit, maximum altitude etc (7) |
| SIGIL | From the Latin for "seal", what in chaos magic is the symbol representation of the magician's desire |
| PIONEER | Name for any of the first series of uncrewed U.S. space probes designed chiefly for interplanetary study that were launched between 1958 and 1973. The 10th probe in this series became, in June 1983, t |
| SYSTEM | Nervous, respiratory, reproductive, cardiovascular ... general word for any of the functionally related sets of organs in the human body (6) |
| HUB | Term for the nave of a wheel, thus for any central part or focal point (3) |
| AMALGAM | Word for an alloy of mercury with another metal, thus for any mixture (7) |
| UNIT | Word for the number one, thus for any single individual, module, part, portion, section or segment (4) |
| COLANDER | A chinois-like kitchen strainer, adopted by "Pastafarians" as the symbolic headgear of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (8) |
| AVATAR | An embodiment of something abstract (and the name of a James Cameron film), which comes from the Sanskrit word for incarnation of a deity |
| REEDMACE | What is the common name for any of the plants of the genus Typha? (4,4) |
| SEED | Term for any of the 32 top players given preferential treatment in the draw for tennis tournaments. (4) |
| JOCKEY | General word for any of the equestrian athletes described in the novels by Dick Francis (6) |
