| MODALVERB | Type of part of speech using words such as can/could, may/might, etc (5,4) |
| MODALS | Can, could, may, might, must, shall, e.g. |
| ADVERBS | Father reviews parts of speech using modifying words |
| MODAL | Type of verb, such as can, could or may |
| MADRIGAL | Type of part song |
| AUTO | Type of part |
| ADVERBIAL | Strangely variable opening of draft of part of speech |
| GERUNDIAL | Ale during broadcast of part of speech (9) |
| SPRINGIER | More likely to bounce back, more like May might you say? (9) |
| EXCUSEFOR | Poor example of 10,4 using Word - see a bit of criticism flying round |
| ORATORIES | Using words endlessly, politicians in places of worship |
| ACRONYM | A word formed from the initial letters of other words, such as Unesco (7) |
| REDUPLICATION | Combination of two similar words, such as answers to asterisked clues (13) |
| OXYMORON | Figure of speech using selfcontradiction |
| ONOMATOPOESIS | The use of words such as buzz, cuckoo and hiss |
| DETERMINERS | Words such as 'a', 'the', 'some', 'this' and 'each', used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate which thing(s) one is referring to (11) |
| PRONOUNS | Words such as she, they, etc |
| MENSWEAR | Grown-up lads use four-letter words, such as vest, suit, and ties! (8) |
| SYNONYMS | Church council finishing early with rousing hymns lacking hard words such as faith, religion and belief (8) |
| UMLAUT | Mark placed over a vowel in words such as 'uber' in German |
