| CASQUE | A French-based term for a helmet |
| ENBROSSE | A French-based name for a crew cut |
| LANGOUSTE | A French-based name for a spiny lobster |
| BLAGUEUR | A French-based name for one talking pretentious nonsense |
| CREST | Top of a wave or a hill; tuft of feathers on a bird's head; or, a heraldic bearing, traditionally for a helmet but also for writing paper (5) |
| CASK | From a Spanish word for a helmet, a barrel in which to store real ale, whisky, wine or other alcoholic drink; or, the quantity contained therein (4) |
| PEEROFTHEREALM | Look for a helmet, oddly found in the House of Lords |
| CHIN | Place for a helmet strap |
| PANACHE | Word originally for a helmet plume that is used to mean swagger or flamboyant confidence (7) |
| VERNISSAGE | French-based name for a private viewing of paintings before public exhibition |
| LID | A cover, such as a palpebra of an eye or a top of a dustbin, jar, pen, piano, pie etc; or, a hat or a helmet (3) |
| VISOR | Old word for a mask; the peak of a cap; or, the eyeshade of a helmet (5) |
| HEADCASE | Someone mistaking wife for a hat, say - or a helmet? |
| SAFE | Smart storage for valuables (or what a helmet keeps a head) |
| TRI | Race requiring a swimsuit, a helmet and running shoes, for short |
| ADVISOR | This time on a front of a helmet for an official giving advice (7) |
| BALACLAVA | Graduate gets call about a victory with a helmet (9) |
| ARES | His symbol is a spear and a helmet |
| NASAL | A nosepiece on a helmet |
| LAMBREQUIN | A veil over a helmet or some other drape (10) |
