| OUGHT | Should (sounds like an old word meaning "anything at all") (5) |
| NOUGHT | But nothing, initially, should sound like nothing at all. (6) |
| EXOTIC | Word meaning anything introduced to a country, i.e. not indigenous (6) |
| PENNI | The old Finnish coin sounds like an old English coin (5) |
| BLOWS | Great disappointments as bishop sounds like an old cow (5) |
| GAMMA | Ray sounds like an old woman (5) |
| CHUFF | Please sound like an old train (5) |
| AUGHT | Anything at all; nought (5) |
| ASWIM | Old word meaning 'afloat' (5) |
| SCANT | Barely anything at all |
| CREAK | Sound like an old floorboard |
| ANENT | Old word meaning "concerning" |
| UTILE | Old word meaning "useful" |
| ITEM | An old word meaning "also, likewise, moreover"; an article in an enumeration; any distinct object or thing; a detail or piece of news; or, two people, as a romantic couple (4) |
| CLIP | A rapid pace or speed; an extract or snippet; a wallop or whack; a yield of wool sheared from a sheep or a flock; an old word meaning "embrace"; or, a barrette, bobby pin, hairgrip, slide or other fas |
| ENRHEUMED | An old word meaning "given a cold" (9) |
| GIG | Derived from an old word meaning "flighty girl" or "whirling thing", a light two-wheeled one-horse carriage with lamps synonymous with spectacles (3) |
| GEYSER | Old Faithful sounds like an old bloke (6) |
| NICE | If you can't say anything ___ don't say anything at all |
| CAUGHT | Dismissed at Lord's, Charlie, over anything at all? |