| PAIROF | (and 3 Down) Fabrics and a rope somehow used to make an American's suspenders (4,2,6) |
| BRACES | Fabrics and a rope somehow used to make an American's suspenders (4,2,6) |
| SATIN | Down fabric |
| DAMASK | Fabric and a rose variety (6) |
| STARSANDSTRIPES | Satin dress parts somehow used to make flag (5,3,7) |
| CONTRAPTION | Can or tin pot somehow used to make this odd device |
| REPRODUCE | Copy resistance and have Mussolini at the end of the rope, somehow (9) |
| WATERPROOF | RAF tow rope somehow repelled liquid (10) |
| DONKEYJACKET | Short coat worn as workwear, made of black or dark blue woollen fabric and with leather or PVC panels on the shoulders (6,6) |
| PSEUDONYM | Assumed name somehow used to come between horse and master (9) |
| BERRY | A soft fruit such as the red variety traditionally used to make an accompaniment for turkey; or, a former GBBO judge and author of a number of cookery volumes including Christmas Collection (5) |
| COLORADO | Road loco somehow used to get to US state |
| ANCIENT | Very old tin can somehow used to store sheep's heart |
| SHERBET | Turkish and Persian word for an exotic drink or refresher prepared from fruit juice, herbs, rose petals etc; sweet fizzy powder eaten with liquorice or a lolly or used to make an early form of pop; wa |
| SEESAW | Look, the proverb is used to make an up an down movement (6) |
| TUGOFWAR | Event involving two teams and a rope (3,2,3) |
| DRAPER | A dealer in fabrics and sewing materials, a trade to which H G Wells was apprenticed, inspiring Kipps |
| URETHRA | Arthur English somehow used to pass water (7) |
| ROADMAP | What Dora & Pam somehow used to find their way (7) |
| OUSTED | Somehow used to being unseated (6) |
