| PLANTATION | 6 used to grow cotton in a plot ant destroyed (10) |
| ESPADRILLE | Seep out around strong cotton in a rope-soled sandal |
| WATCHED | Blowtorches Pete and Vi used to prove the proverb (7,3,5,5) |
| POTNEVERBOILS | Blowtorches Pete and Vi used to prove the proverb (7,3,5,5) |
| MERCAPTAN | Chemical compound camper deployed - ant destroyed |
| LANCET | Sort of 6 used in 10 (6) |
| PADDYFIELD | Tantrum over open land used to grow rice (5,5) |
| ASTRINGENT | A part of hospital employing twists of cotton in medical preparation |
| BEFRIENDED | Held out a hand to European companion involved in a plot (10) |
| SOYABEAN | Get round any base being used to grow a type of legume (4,4) |
| PADDY | _ field, a flooded piece of land used to grow rice (5) |
| CASHCROP | You know how I used to grow corn as a ___? ... |
| CROPPED | Used to grow stuff then cut back (7) |
| PETRI | - dish, lab dish used to grow bacteria (5) |
| PLANTATIONS | Plant, Asians said, used to grow tea or rubber (11) |
| LONGCLOTH | Taking a considerable time to dress most of the cotton in lengthy pieces (9) |
| POPLIN | Strong fabric, usually of cotton, in plain weave with fine ribbing used for dresses and children's wear (6) |
| ANTONY | Eileen Grimshaw's lodger Sean Tully is played by _ Cotton in Coronation Street (6) |
| IMAGINE | Picture of the first person with means of producing cotton in West (7) |
| JUNEBROWN | Actress who played the chain-smoking gossip Dot Cotton in EastEnders |
