| MALAPROPISM | Word used in the wrong context, to comic effect (11) |
| MALAPROP | Female character (surname) in Sheridan's The Rivals who misused words to comic effect (8) |
| STAND | In a political context, to run in order to sit |
| CATCHACRAB | In a particular sporting context, to make a faulty stroke |
| ARBOR | Latin word for a tree, used in scientific contexts to refer to a trunk-like axle, beam, mandrel, shaft or spindle in a machine or a lathe (5) |
| IPSE | With "dixit", Latin for "he himself said it", used in legal contexts to refer to a dogmatic unproven statement (4) |
| ROCKANDROLL | Music arranged on rack next to comic (4,3,4) |
| HANGONSOUPY | Cry to comic Sales when he's losing his grip? |
| ROSEUM | Latin word used in the scientific names of plants such as the rosy hyacinth-orchid and the rose geranium (6) |
| EVENING | The close of a day; a word used in the first ever 2 dn |
| AMEN | Prayer's final word used in the morning in French (4) |
| AND | Word used in the literary device hendiadys |
| RECEIPT | A written acknowledgement; a word used in the first ever 2 dn |
| TRADING | Exchanging; a word used in the first ever 2 dn |
| REVERIE | A day dream; a word used in the first ever 2 dn |
| ECHO | Word used in the phonetic alphabet (4) |
| MOTIF | French word used in the event of a dominant idea |
| DERMA | Word used in the names of some skin treatment vendors |
| CONTEXT | Study actual words used in the general setting |
| CARICATURE | ...to sketch any old wretch for comic effect. (10) |
