| GERUND | Verb form functioning as a noun |
| BELL | Stag's cry during a rut; part of a trumpet functioning as a type of speaker; or, Emily Bronte's pen name (4) |
| SINGING | Functioning as a choir? (7) |
| ELEPHANT | The plane functioning as a jumbo (8) |
| GARGOYLE | Fantastical creature functioning as a long waterspout |
| LOTHARIO | See hot air functioning as a rake (8) |
| CONSONANTAL | Functioning as a consonant |
| PHRASAL | Of or relating to or functioning as a phrase (7) |
| ECOSYSTEM | Environmental group functioning as a unit |
| DRIESUP | Stops functioning, as a well |
| CRAPOUT | Stop functioning, as a computer |
| FRONTAL | - lobe; functioning as a type of anatomical control panel responsible for many of our important cognitive skills, one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain (7) |
| MUSCLE | Tissue of animal body functioning as a source of power (6) |
| ALIVE | If functioning as a leader, I have to be dynamic (5) |
| RHIZOME | Plant stem with shoots above and roots below functioning as a reproductive structure (7) |
| PALE | An adjective meaning feeble, light in colour, peaky, wan, washed-out or whitish; or, as a noun, a vertical stripe on a shield; a wooden stake forming a fence; or, a conceptual boundary (4) |
| SPOOM | A variation of "foam" that, as a verb, means "scud or sail fast before the wind"; or, as a noun, a frothy sorbet (5) |
| MULL | Verb meaning to pulverise or crumble; to spice, sweeten and warm ale or wine; to ponder; or, as a noun, a bungle, mess or muddle; soft muslin used in bookbinding; or, a Scottish word for a promontory |
| AVAIL | What word as a verb means "to have force" and as a noun means "an advantage to an end"? (5) |
| SOIL | Word that means "dirt" as a noun or "to dirty" as a verb |
