| PORTMANTEAU | Word blending sounds and combining meanings of two others (11) |
| TELEVANGELIST | T.D. Jakes or Jerry Falwell, e.g.; like our other three theme entries, this is a "portmanteau word," combining letters and meanings of two words to form a third |
| ETYMOLOGIST | Studier of origins and meanings of words (11) |
| ETYMOLOGIES | Original meanings of old record in English stymie novel (11) |
| DEFINITIONS | Meanings of words (11) |
| CALLMYBLUFF | BBC TV panel game based on true meanings of obscure words (4,2,5) |
| BAKERSDOZEN | It's a bit more than it sounds, and hints at this puzzle's theme |
| CLATTER | 100 and the second of two others produce a lot of noise (7) |
| BILLYWILDER | "Some Like It Hot" and two others |
| HOWARDHAWKS | Bringing Up Baby and two others |
| LIMPOPO | River 51 miles west of two others (7) |
| CREOLE | Language incorporating features of two others (6) |
| PIDGIN | Language using elements of two others (6) |
| SOUTHMOLTON | Our first child was expelled from school on Monday - at the start of term he had got into a fight with two others at the youth centre near King's Nympton (5,6) |
| THREEHANDED | Redhead then set to work - with two others? |
| ESTHERDUFLO | In 2019, this French American economist with two others won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty (6,5) |
| REPEAT | Meaning of two dots and a bar, in music |
| ARUMLILY | Alternative term for the calla, combining the name of two other plants |
| DEFINITION | Any one of the concise explanations of the meanings of words in a dictionary; or, visual clarity or sharpness of outline (10) |
| SHEEPFOLD | One of the meanings of Scots word fank (9) |
