| GOSSAMER | A gauze or silk fabric of the very finest texture (8) |
| FILM | A membrane or skin; thin pellicle; a gauze of fine threads; haze or mist; plastic wrap; a strip of Celluloid for capturing pictures; or, a movie (4) |
| CREPE | A light cotton or silk fabric with a fine ridged or crinkled surface (5) |
| GOLD | Colour of the medal awarded to the very finest Chelsea exhibitors (4) |
| ELITE | The very finest |
| DRESSING | Size for stiffening textiles; a sauce such as vinaigrette; a US word for farce, forcemeat or stuffing; a scolding; gauze or lint for a wound; or, organic matter applied to the land (8) |
| SURGICAL | Sort of gauze or mask worn during a pandemic(8) |
| HASTINGS | Seaside town and Cinque Port in East Sussex whose history, including its now-ruined Norman motte and bailey castle established by William the Conqueror in 1066, is stitched into the very fabric of the |
| GREATEST | Very finest (8) |
| KAKEMONO | A Japanese paper or silk wall hanging with a picture or inscription on it and a roller at the bottom |
| CANVAS | A boat's sails; a boxing ring's floor; cloth for embroidery; an oil painting or its ground; or, a tent/group of tents, each made from the cotton- or hemp-based fabric of the same name (6) |
| MANTILLA | Lace or silk scarf covering the shoulders and head, worn over a comb in the hair, especially in Spain (8) |
| MANTLE | A cloak; a covering; the layer between Earth's core and crust; a gas lamp's incandescent gauze; or, the brain's cerebral cortex (6) |
| BANDAGE | A strip of cloth, crepe, gauze or lint as a blindfold, capeline or dressing (7) |
| TWIST | A cotton or silk thread; a mixed drink; a spiral-shaped barley sugar, breadstick, sliver of lemon zest or ornament in a wineglass stem; a tangle; or, a bend in a road (5) |
| LACE | From "noose", a cord such as a shoestring or a corset's rat-tail; an ornamental braid; fine openwork of cotton or silk; or, unrelatedly, a dash of brandy added to a coffee/drink (4) |
| GAUZE | Slight, open fabric of the A-Z with half the guests (5) |
| ANATOMY | Branch of science founded by De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body) author And |
| TRAIN | Flowing eye-spotted feathers of a peacock; or, a cascade of satin or silk at the back of a bridal gown (5) |
| RIBBON | A taenia of satin or silk etc with which to make a cockade, fillet or rosette; or, something strip-like, such as a band-saw or a mollusc's radula (6) |
