| ROSARY | A sorry string of beads when in pieces (6) |
| NEVERNEVER | Payment plan author enters himself when in pieces |
| STRAND | String of beads or pearls; a shore; a fibre; or, a component (6) |
| DONKEY | Sorry a string of beads gets broken (6) |
| CHAPLET | From Old French for "garland of roses" and "hat", a word for a wreath of flowers or foliage for the head; a circlet of gold; or, a string of beads, one-third of a rosary in length (7) |
| ABACUS | Strings of beads on the counter (6) |
| POPPIT | Word, similar to that for a child/doll, for one of a series of beads, designed to be linked or snapped together (6) |
| ROSEMARY | Maybe, leaves space in the middle of a string of beads |
| ABODES | Synonym for "dwellings" formed by inserting an anagram of "beads" into _ _ O _ _ _ |
| MALA | Hinduism: string of beads used in praying and meditating (4) |
| NECKLACE | String of beads has narrow strip of fabric |
| MISBAHA | Arabian string of beads used for prayer or stress relief (7) |
| NECKLET | Allow scruff to make string of beads (7) |
| ROSARIES | A rose sir removed from strings of beads (8) |
| NECKLACES | Strings of beads |
| ROPE | Word for a length of strong funicular cord, thus a cohesive strand or linked line of beads, climbers, glutinous slime, onions, pearls or other people or things (4) |
| ANAL | Type of beads found in a dungeon, say |
| STRINGERS | Makers of cords for archery bows; threaders of beads; mineral veinlets; longeron-like structures in aircraft; or, freelance/part-time journalists (9) |
| ROPES | Parties of linked climbers; strands of beads or pearls; cords by which church bells are rung, sledges hauled, tricks performed or soaps hung; or, strings of onions (5) |
| ABACUSES | Simple calculating devices with a frame and rows of beads (8) |