| SWANSDOWN | A cob, "cygnus" or pen's fine fluffy under-plumage traditionally used for muffs, pelerines, powder puffs or trimmings; a mixed fabric of wool and silk/cotton; or, a flannelette-like cloth formerly use |
| SWAN | A large aquatic bird of the genus Cygnus or Coscoroba |
| GEL | ___ pen fine-tipped pen that uses a thick opaque ink |
| FALLDOWN | Starting from all under-plumage to tumble (4,4) |
| FLINT | Fine fluffy stuff becoming very hard |
| FILBERT | Word for a cob or a hazelnut thought to derive from the name of the saint whose feast day coincided with the nutting season; or, a paintbrush used for oils (7) |
| HAZELNUT | Whether eaten by a dormouse, squirrel or woodpecker in the wild or by a human in chocolate spread or a gold foil-wrapped Ferrero praline ball, it is a cob, filbert or noisette (8) |
| CAPE | A garment such as a lady's mantle/pelerine, a matador's muleta or a superhero's short cloak (4) |
| HORSE | Cavalry collectively; a "buck" for gymnastically vaulting over; a clothes airer; an equid such as a cob, hack, hunter or shire; or, the male of said animal, as opposed to a mare (5) |
| STROKES | Flourishes or marks made by paintbrushes, pencils or pens; or, the rhythm-setting oars/rowers seated nearest to the sterns of shells (7) |
| CALAMI | Reeds for pipes or pens (Lucretius 5.1407, there in acc) |
| WRITES | Authors or pens |
| SWANS | Cobs or pens |
| POISONED | Like some arrows or pens |
| DRAWINGS | Pictures made with pencils or pens (8) |
| BICS | Some lighters or pens |
| MANICOTTI | From the Italian for "little sleeves" or "muffs", pasta in the form of tubes, typically served stuffed with ricotta and baked in marinara sauce (9) |
| BREAD | Money for a cob, for example (5) |
| EAROFCORN | Eastern Australian turns back for painful callus - a cob! (3,2,4) |
| MAIZE | A cereal plant that yields large grains set in rows on a cob (5) |
