| DONKEYJACKET | Short coat worn as workwear, made of black or dark blue woollen fabric and with leather or PVC panels on the shoulders (6,6) |
| MELANIN | Any of a group of black or dark brown pigments present in the hair, skin and eyes of man and animals (7) |
| ETTE | Ending with leather or towel |
| PILOTCLOTH | Heavy blue woollen fabric for overcoats (5,5) |
| HACKINGJACKET | A short coat worn by horse riders (7,6) |
| NAVY | A fleet; or, dark blue, like the colour of the uniforms of the crew, marines sailors, seamen/women serving aboard the warships of said force (4) |
| TUNIC | Coat worn as part of a military or other uniform. (5) |
| SONG | "She Paints Me Blue" or "Dark Blue" |
| PLASTIC | Vinyl or PVC |
| ABYSSINIAN | Variety of cat with a long body and a short brown coat with black or dark brown markings (10) |
| ABYSSINIANS | Cats with a long body and a short brown coat with black or dark brown markings |
| LABRADOR | ___ retriever, dog with a short dense coat of black or golden-brown (8) |
| ASTRAKHAN | City in Russia on the delta of the Volga River associated with a type of black or grey fur (9) |
| DYER | Term, from "colour, conceal, dark, pigment, tinge", for a colourer, litster, stainer or tinter, be it of clothes, fabric and wool or one's own hair/fringe (4) |
| BEARSKIN | Tall hat made of black fur worn by British soldiers on ceremonial occasions (8) |
| BARCODE | Unique identifier made of black and white lines (3,4) |
| TAPENADE | Dip made of black olives, capers and anchovies (8) |
| HONEYCOMB | Mellifluous mass of hexagonal cells built by bees in their hives or boles, whose pattern or texture is imagined to be reflected in cinder toffee, hillside caves, mazes, reticula, waffle fabric and win |
| CARGO | In the 70s these trousers made of sturdy fabrics and liberally supplied with pockets became a fashio |
| COAL | Combustible black or dark brown sedimentary rock used as fuel (4) |
