| LAMINAE | "A A milne" anagram for thin plates or scales or layers? |
| NSW | Sydney st. or peculiar notion for thin (1,3) plates or |
| LAMINA | A thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral). |
| LAMELLA | Thin plate or scale |
| MICA | From Latin for "crumb", a lustrous silicate mineral occurring in glittering scales or in crystals (4) |
| EGGS | Products of hens or "layers", boiled, scrambled or fried "sunny side up" (4) |
| RACK | A holder in various forms for letters, magazines, miniature spice jars, plates or slices of toast (4) |
| TECTONICS | From "builder", the study of the structure of Earth's lithosphere and crustal plates; or, the art or science of construction or architecture (9) |
| ASHETS | Scots word for large oval plates or dishes, typically laden with meat cuts, pies or possibly poached fishes (6) |
| PIEBALD | Animals having patches of black, white or other colours of hair, feathers or scales (7) |
| DANDER | Small particles or scales of hair or feathers (6) |
| LIBRA | From the Latin meaning "scales" or "balance", name of a constellation or the seventh star sign (5) |
| FOIL | Fine grease for thin plate of metal (4) |
| BALANCE | Weighing apparatus with two scales; or, a state of equilibrium (7) |
| SILLS | Ledges at the bases of windows; or, layers of igneous rock (5) |
| SPECTRUM | Word for the band of colours into which a beam of white light is decomposed, as seen in a rainbow; hence any array, range or scale (8) |
| SCHIST | What metamorphic rock composed of layers of different minerals can be split into thin plates? (6) |
| SCALES | Thin plates on the body of a fish (6) |
| SETS | Plates or cups, for example |
| STEGOSAUR | Ancient reptile with bony plates or spines (9) |
