| WHORL | A pattern of spirals |
| DOUBLEHELIX | Pair of spirals about a common axis (6,5) |
| COIL | Series of spirals |
| ELICHE | Italian word for propellers, thus pasta in the form of spirals (6) |
| INCREASE | A sincere adaptation of Spiral (8) |
| LOGARITHMIC | Descriptor for a type of spiral; am right coil (anag.) |
| CHRIS | _ Rock, star of Spiral: From The Book Of Saw (5) |
| NYALA | A type of spiral-horned Southern African antelope (5) |
| CURLY | Descriptor of spiral-shaped French fries |
| SCALA | Alternatively part of spiral canal (obscure noun) |
| STOPBIT | In asynchronous data transfers one of a pattern of data which indicate the end of a character or of the whole transmission. (4,3) |
| DAMASK | Short word for a form of sword blade steel with a wavy pattern; or, an originally hand-woven reversible brocade-like silk textile with a pattern of animals, flowers, fruit etc (6) |
| CURVE | Solution is containing virus at the start of spiral! (5) |
| PERSONALISING | Making unique version of spiral neon sign, omitting one name (13) |
| ESPALIER | Ease, they say, with sort of spiral latticework (8) |
| CROCHET | Needlework in which the yarn is looped into a pattern of stitches by means of a hooked needle (7) |
| CATSPAW | Nautical name for a pattern of ripples on the water's surface caused by a gust of wind; or, an offshore swivel knot (4-3) |
| CLOWNFISH | Of all the ocean residents who rock this colorful orange and white pattern, each one has a pattern of his own |
| SCHEME | Planned combination of colours in interior design; or, a pattern of rhymes in a poem (6) |
| CREEPER | A bird that runs or spirals up and down tree trunks; a daisy-cutter in cricket; or, a vine such as the clematis, periwinkle or woodbine |
