| TOUCHER | (In bowls) a wood that is in contact with the jack |
| SYLVA | Latin word for a wood that also refers to a Spanish poetic form (5) |
| HOUSEOFCARDS | Perhaps residence with the jacks is liable to fall down? (5,2,5) |
| KITTY | Informal name for the jack in bowls; a pool of money in poker; or, linked with "Hello" for a cat-like Japanese cartoon character (5) |
| BIAS | In bowls, a bulge or greater weight on one side of a bowl causing it to take an oblique course (4) |
| TENDU | Ballet movement in which the working leg is extended until only the toes remain in contact with the ground; from French, 'stretched' (5) |
| MEDIUM | A person that claims to be in contact with the spirits of the dead (6) |
| ARMATURE | Word for panoply; an iron keeper placed in contact with the poles of a magnet to preserve its power; or, a wire-wound core of a dynamo (8) |
| TREAD | Part of a tyre that's in contact with the road (5) |
| RHIZOSPHERE | Region of the soil in contact with the roots of a plant |
| LAYER | Propagate it by bringing a branch or stem in contact with the ground, and encouraging roots to grow from that point (5) |
| UHOH | A little radioactive matter in contact with the molecular constituents of water: whoops! (2-2) |
| ALLERGEN | Substance that can cause sensitivity when in contact with the skin, nose or eyes (8) |
| ADJOINS | Is in contact with Joan and Sid, perhaps |
| DECAGON | Following last month, lawyer is in contact with them - there are several sides to this |
| TORNADO | Violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground (7) |
| TOUCHES | Is in contact with |
| SKIRTINGBOARD | A piece of wood that is joined to the bottom of a wall where it meets the floor (8,5) |
| TENON | Projecting end of a piece of wood that is formed to fit into a mortise in another piece (5) |
| BOURGEOISIE | Love and desire in French wood - that is for people of a certain class |
