| ENDS | "Split" or "loose" follower |
| END | "Tight" or "loose" follower |
| DRIFT | A mass of snow or leaves, piled up by the wind; a large spread of daffodils, snowdrops or other flowering plants; a flock of cattle or birds; a heavy shower of rain/sleet; or, loose fluvioglacial or g |
| REVEL | Word for a tangle or cluster; a broken thread, fray or loose end; a row or run of unwoven stitches, aka a ladder; or, a complication, confusion, fankle or muddle (5) |
| WRAPPERS | Dust jackets for books; paper bands placed around newspapers for posting; cellophane or foil covers for chocolates/sweets; or, loose gowns or house dresses of the 19th century (8) |
| DRAPERIES | Textile-merchants' shops; the fabrics, hangings and swags sold; or, loose curtains or swathes of cloth, whether adorning Victorian drawing room windows, Bernini's Baroque effigies or grand-scale paint |
| POWDER | Pressed or loose, a type of cosmetic applied to the face with a puff or a brush (6) |
| BAGS | Hunters' canvas or leather carriers for game, hence quantities of quarry secured on a shoot; sacks, satchels, shoppers and other holdalls; or, loose-fitting trousers (4) |
| SMOCKS | From Old English for "creep into", word for chemises or shifts; farmers' coarse linen overgarments; artists' overalls; or, loose blouses/dresses (6) |
| TOGA | A slang word, thought to derive from criminals' cant for cloaks or loose coats, for one's capes, cardis, clothes, cords, corsetry, cossies, costumes or other clothy clobber collectively (4) |
| MANTLE | Cloak or loose outer garment (6) |
| CLUE | Footprint or loose thread, perhaps |
| JANGLY | Sounding like keys or loose change |
| ELBOWMACARONI | Pasta came in a bowl, or loose |
| TEE | Top that could be fitted or loose |
| WATTLE | Fence material or loose fold of skin (6) |
| LAX | Slack or loose |
| HANG | Word before tight or loose |
| THEREFORE | So free, or loose, in the pen (9) |
| RATEOFEXCHANGE | How many euros to the pound in tax fee or loose coins? (4,2,8) |
