| HISPID | In biology, an adjective meaning covered with stiff hairs or bristles |
| SETAE | Stiff hairs or bristles, such as on caterpillars |
| BRISTLE | Be thickly covered with stiff hair (7) |
| RUDIMENT | In biology, an undeveloped or immature part or organ (8) |
| ORGANELLE | In biology, an organised or specialised structure within a living cell (9) |
| AUGRATIN | Cooking term meaning covered with browned breadcrumbs and/or cheese (2,6) |
| BEARD | Tuft of hairs or bristles on plants such as barley and wheat; the awn (5) |
| SETA | Stiff hair or bristle |
| AEROBE | (Biology) An organism that grows in free oxygen (6) |
| 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) |
| ELFIN | A noun for a child/urchin, Fotis hairstreak butterfly or a pixie; or, an adjective meaning dainty, delicate, fairylike, impish, petite or sprightly (5) |
| EXQUISITE | An adjective meaning beautiful, delicate, delicious, discerning, fastidious, fine, outstanding or poignant; or, a noun for a dandy (9) |
| HEARTY | Alluding to the body's vital blood pump, an adjective meaning cordial, enthusiastic, jovial, robust, sincere, substantial or warm; or, a noun for a vigorous outdoorsy sporty type (6) |
| PELE | Name added to a Brazilian dictionary in 2023 as an adjective meaning "incomparable" |
| DRAB | Word for undyed cloth originally, later a brownish-grey colour, hence an adjective meaning dingy or dull (4) |
| DINGHY | Word, borrowed from Hindi and similar to an adjective meaning "drab, dull, gloomy", for a little boat propelled by oars/outboard motor; or, a small inflatable life raft (6) |
| ERIE | Lake that sounds like an adjective meaning "spooky" |
| JAMESWAN | Saw director whose last name is also an adjective meaning "pale" |
| ROASTING | The action of broiling/cooking beef, chestnuts, coffee beans, potatoes etc over an open fire or in an oven; a severe reprimand; or, an informal adjective meaning "extremely hot" (8) |
| SQUARROSE | In biology, rugged with projections such as hairs or scales (9) |
