| POLLYANNA | Story character, a byword for unstinting optimism |
| INKHORN | Name of a vessel for holding sepia or other chirographic fluid on a desk, thus used as a byword for a learned pedant or fussy writer (7) |
| MISCHIEF | A byword for trouble, Bond may be a Commander, but ... |
| TIMBUKTU | African city which is a byword for a farflung destination. (8) |
| KITTEN | Equipment of a certain number is a byword for cuteness (6) |
| TROJAN | For hard work one's a byword, for art? No judge unfortunately (6) |
| IMELDA | Former Philippines first lady who has become a byword for conspicuous consumption, in particular for |
| JEZEBEL | Whose name from the Bible has been adopted as a byword for a shameless woman? (7) |
| PANGLOSS | Doctor in Voltaire's Candide who has become a byword for unwavering optimism |
| CROESUS | King, a byword for wealth |
| QUISLING | Norwegian war-time leader, a byword for treason (8) |
| BENEDICT | 18th century American general, a byword for treason (8,6) |
| WALKMAN | Sony which became a byword for personal stereos? (7) |
| UBER | Transit app that has become a byword for the sharing economy |
| EGGSHELL | Encourages agony that's a byword for fragility (8) |
| AHAB | Literary captain whose name is a byword for obsession |
| PECKSNIFF | Architect in Martin Chuzzlewit who became a byword for moralising hypocrisy |
| MCCARTHY | US Republican politician, 1908-1957, whose name is a byword for bullying and reckless accusations (8) |
| SLOANE | London square which became a byword for wealthy upper class youngsters (6) |
| HARDTIMES | Dickens novel featuring "man of facts and calculations" Gradgrind, whose name is a byword for one solely obsessed with facts (4,5) |
