| CLOSEKNIT | Writing material put back in cupboard and bound together |
| SKELETONS | As proverbially found in cupboards and closets (9) |
| PINKO | Red writing material put on page with nothing added (5) |
| RESTORE | Surplus unrefined material put back |
| METALS | Some elements of roofing material put back after vandalism - at last |
| UNIT | You put tin back in cupboard, perhaps (4) |
| LYNNE | Author of the novels The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room (5,4,5) |
| REIDBANKS | Author of the novels The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room (5,4,5) |
| PRESS | Cupboard and printing machine (5) |
| SHADOWCABINET | Follow cupboard and front bench (6,7) |
| WRITINGPAD | A block, index rerum, jotter, journal, pocketbook or other simple yet note-worthy tool on whose bond or paper one's thoughts and ideas are captured and bound in one's calligraphical hand, pen, scrawl |
| WIRESEWN | In victory, we're excited about son and bound robustly |
| BOUNCED | Sprang back and bound to include Church of England (7) |
| PANTRY | From French for "bread", word for a larder-like food cupboard and one that shares its root with "companion", or "a person one eats bread with" (6) |
| WELSHDRESSER | Piece of furniture with open shelves above cupboards and drawers (5,7) |
| SIDEBOARD | Long piece of furniture, with drawers, cupboards and shelves (9) |
| PATCH | Piece of material put over a hole in clothing (5) |
| NOOSE | Hanging material put up in no time, close to home |
| SPACER | Material put in gap for astronaut |
| DENIM | Material put in explosive devices turned up |
