| BOWWOWS | Imitations of the barks of dogs (7) |
| WOOF | Imitation of the bark of a dog (4) |
| CORK | Buoyant light-brown substance, obtained from the outer layer of the bark of , the Quercus suber ___ oak (4) |
| QUININE | What, from the bark of a tree, was formerly the only remedy for malaria? (7) |
| CASCARA | The bark of Rhamnus purshiana, used as a purgative (7) |
| ASPIRIN | A painkiller derived from the bark of a willow tree (7) |
| ROSTERS | Store reviewed imitations of ridiculous working schedules? (7) |
| SAPWOOD | Most of poodle was crimped - the part next to the bark (7) |
| RIND | Old English word for the bark of a tree or peel of fruit that, from the 16th century, also came to refer to the outer layer, paring or skin of a cheese (4) |
| TAME | Take the bite out of the bark, in a way |
| DURAMEN | Awfully rude man - what lies behind the bark? |
| YELLOW | Lemon wood Xymalos monospora: The colour of the bark gives this tree its name. They call it mellow ___ (6) |
| ROOTBEER | North American drink made with the bark of the sassafras tree as the main flavour (4,4) |
| YIPS | High-pitched barks of small dogs; or, with definite article, wrist spasms of golfers or other athletes, similar to the "dartitis" of darts players (4) |
| RINGBARK | Remove a strip of the bark round a tree's circumference, thus killing it (4,4) |
| HANGOVERS | Weeping boer-bean Schotia brachypetala: A decoction (boiled down syrup) of the bark can be taken to treat heartburn and those painful party memories when you wake up. (9) |
| TAPA | Cloth made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree |
| CASSIA | The bark of spies infiltrated by a special police force in the past? (6) |
| ARGO | The bark of a golden retriever? |
| CINCHONA | South American tree from the bark of which quinine is extracted |
