| SURCINGLE | A girth for a horse which goes around the body, used especially with a racing saddle (9) |
| CINCH | A girth for a western saddle; a firm grip or hold; a certainty; a doddle; or, a variant of the card game all-fours, also called double pedro or high five (5) |
| NOVICE | Term for a horse which hasn't won a race prior to the start of the current season. (6) |
| VALANCE | Curtain which goes around the frame of a bed (7) |
| BLANC | A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables used especially with braised meat. (5) |
| LAUDA | Celebrate with a racing legend (5) |
| BYPASS | Road which goes around rather than through a town (6) |
| RIGHTLY | Properly adjusting the girth for some filly (7) |
| CAROUSEL | Girl holds handle, which goes around (8) |
| ABSEILING | The descent of a rock face using a rope coiled around the body fixed at a higher point (9) |
| MANNEQUIN | A life-size dummy of the human body, used to fit or display clothes (9) |
| EXANTHEMS | Skin eruptions, especially with a fever (9) |
| HULAHOOPS | Light, rigid, circular bands whirled around the body by movements of the waist and hips (4,5) |
| NIGHTMARE | I have this thing about a female horse which scares me when I'm sleeping (9) |
| HAND | Unit used to measure a horse's height; a part of the body used to symbolise a mudr; or, a bunch of bananas (4) |
| INCITATUS | Horse which Caligula reputedly intended to make a consul |
| SKEWBALDS | Horses which are marked or spotted in white and any colour except black (9) |
| OLDHAND | Experienced person formed by new's opposite + the part of the body used for a high five: 2 wds. |
| EARWIG | Bug formed by the part of the body used to hear + a hairpiece that might have a lace front |
| SADDLE | With a central "tree" traditionally made by a loriner, a seat attached to a horse's back by means of a girth (6) |
