| COATOFARMSMOTTO | Phrase accompanying a shield, perhaps |
| MOTTO | Phrase accompanying a coat of arms; or, a maxim or scrap of verse in a fortune cookie or paper cracker (5) |
| THATREMINDSME | Phrase accompanying a finger-snap |
| ITSADEAL | Phrase accompanying a handshake |
| ITSDONE | Phrase accompanying a check |
| ITS | With 45-Down, phrase accompanying a handshake |
| 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) |
| APRON | From a misdivision of "tablecloth", a word for a barm-cloth, bib, brat, pinafore or placket; or, something similar, such as a bishop's cassock, Freemason's robe, or a lead tabard worn as a shield duri |
| CHARGE | Heraldic device such as a chevron, cross, pale or saltire represented on a shield; a bugle call; accumulation of electricity; or, a headlong rush of cavalry troops (6) |
| UMBO | Boss of a shield; or, a mycological term for the top of a mushroom (4) |
| FESSE | In heraldry, an ordinary consisting of a horizontal band across a shield, wider than a bar |
| BASE | Lower part of a shield; chief ingredient in a recipe; foundation in make-up; or, a military HQ (4) |
| CARAPACE | A shield and tortoise shell in a vehicle on a rate of movement (8) |
| COATOFARMS | A blazon whose achievement consists of a shield displaying a badge, banner, compartment, crest, flag, helmet, mantling, motto, supporters, wreath and sometimes more (4,2,4) |
| CREST | A shield in a coat of arms |
| RIOT | A cop might bring a shield to one |
| LAMPSHADE | A shield that covers a light bulb (9) |
| ORLE | New role for a border within a shield |
| CLANK | Sound of a sword striking a shield |
| STINKBUG | A shield-shaped insect emitting a pungent spray |
