| STEELWOOL | A tangled or woven mass of fine metal fibres, used for cleaning or polishing (5,4) |
| ASSAYER | Tester of fine metal |
| MATWEED | Plant which grows in a densely woven mass (7) |
| RAVELED | Tangled or disentangled |
| HORSE | Maximus in "Tangled" or Angus in "Brave" |
| SUGARSOAP | Strong alkaline compound containing washing soda, used for cleaning or stripping paint (5,4) |
| DOGSTOOTH | --- --- check, a pattern of broken or jagged checks, especially printed on or woven into cloth (4-5) |
| ABRASIVES | Substances used for grinding or polishing (9) |
| GOINGOVER | Thorough cleaning or inspection (5-4) |
| SOCK | From Old English for "light shoe", a word for either of a pair of knitted or woven half-hose for one's feet (4) |
| MOP | A bundle of loose strings fixed on a stick for use in floor cleaning; or, from "pout", a word for a grimace (3) |
| SISAL | Type of agave, cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves, which yield fibres used for rope-making! (5) |
| CLOTH | Felted or woven stuff; or, a piece of said fabric, for cleaning, covering a table, sewing, washing-up etc (5) |
| WICK | A cord or band of loosely twisted or woven fibres, as in a candle (4) |
| DUSTER | Cleaning or polishing cloth (6) |
| LINEN | Hard-wearing fabric woven from spun flax fibres, used for clothing, sheets etc. (5) |
| CAREEN | To turn a ship on its side for cleaning or repair (6) |
| YARN | A continuous twisted strand of natural or synthetic fibres used in weaving or knitting (4) |
| STRAW | Stalks of threshed grain used for bedding for animals or woven into baskets (5) |
| ARGYLE | Made of knitted or woven material with a diamondshaped pattern of two or more colours (6) |
