| TULLE | A delicate silk network fabric used especially in the 19th century for making veils, hats, etc (5) |
| KHAKI | A dull brownish-yellow fabric used especially in military clothing (5) |
| MANTLET | A small cloak worn by women especially in the 19th century |
| TABOR | A small drum used especially in the Middle Ages, struck with one hand (5) |
| HEVER | Village in Kent, site of a 15th-century moated manor once home to a young Anne Boleyn that was restored in the 20th century for the 1st Viscount Astor (5) |
| BENNE | Alternative name for sesame (Sesamum indicum), used especially in the US (5) |
| BAYES | Presbyterian minister whose mathematical theorem devised in the 18th century for determining conditional probability has become a formula used in everyday life (5) |
| RUNES | Letters comprising the futhork alphabet, used especially in Britain and Scandinavian from around the 2nd century AD (5) |
| OLLIE | Who scored a century for England in its first innings of the Leeds Test versus India? (5) |
| LISLE | I sell recycled fabric used especially for stockings (5) |
| BROOK | Harry ---, cricketer who became the first male England player to make a Test triple century for 34 years in October 2024 (5) |
| TRIAC | A thyristor used especially in dimmers for lighting systems. (5) |
| PLANK | A long flat piece of timber, used especially in building and flooring (5) |
| OAKUM | Loose fibre obtained by untwisting old rope, used especially in caulking wooden ships (5) |
| CRAIC | Ignore the odds to score first-class century for fun (5) |
| KNOCK | An expression meaning utterly defeat, owing its origins to cricket from the start of last century, "... for six" |
| MOOLI | Long white radish used especially in eastern cooking; from Hindi, 'root' (5) |
| SAMITE | Heavy silk fabric with interwoven gold or silver threads, used especially in the Middle Ages for dressmaking and decoration (6) |
| HOLST | Crowd welcoming half-century for top English scorer |
| THEOTOKOS | Title of the Virgin Mary used especially in the Eastern Orthodox Church; from Greek, 'godbearer' (9) |
