| DEFERRED | "Fine, I'll remove the lining from your coat," the tailor ___ |
| BRUSHINGOFF | Dismissing by removing mud from your coat? (8,3) |
| INNER | Gun case lining from the Hebrides(5) |
| CAMEAPARTATTHESEAMS | The tailor __ |
| UNSEEMLY | "I've torn the pants" was the tailor's ___ confession |
| REJOINDER | "I can sew them back together" was the tailor's ___ |
| REJOINIER | "I can sew them back together" was the tailor's ___ |
| SHAKESPEARE | Writer of a comedy featuring Bottom the weaver, Flute the bellows-mender, Quince the carpenter, Snout the tinker, Snug the joiner and Starveling the tailor, who perform the play-within-the-play (11) |
| FACT | "The amount of gold in the Earth's core could coat the planet's surface," e.g. |
| SHELLAC | The coat the lady will take on account (7) |
| BELLY | Unlike your coat, which may have many buttons, your tummy has just one -- your ___ button |
| RETINA | The lining of the rear of the eye-ball (6) |
| COLITIS | Inflammation of the lining of the main part of the large intestine (7) |
| HARPIST | The performer rips out the lining of the hat (7) |
| TEFLON | Trademark of the polymer used to coat the inside of cooking pans to give a non-stick surface (6) |
| AIREDALE | With a black and tan coat, the largest of the terriers, originally bred in Yorkshire (8) |
| FLEECE | A sheep's woollen coat; the wool shorn from said ovine in one clip; or, a heraldic representation of thus (6) |
| SPIT | Giraffes have thick, slimy ___ that coats the thorns that it may have eaten by mistake and this prevents the thorns from damaging its stomach. |
| LAPEL | Part of coat the French friend turns up (5) |
| PRESENTS | Puts on a new coat; the fabric satin, unusually (8) |
