| HANDICRAFT | An activity such as embroidery or pottery that involves making things manually (10) |
| CRAFT | A skilled trade or its collective artisans; a creative activity involving handiwork such as embroidery or pottery; or, a boat or ship (5) |
| ARTISAN | Person skilled in a trade that involves making things by hand, such as bread, jewellery, cheese, decorative arts, marbled paper, stationery etc (7) |
| ECLAIR | Common "GBBO" challenge that involves making rough puff pastry |
| CALLING | Occupation that involves making visits (7) |
| HANDYCRAFT | General name for a pastime such as embroidery, knitting, quilting, pottery, beading or card-making (10) |
| NEEDLEWORK | HANDicraft such as embroidery |
| GOLDTHREAD | Purl- or zari-like silk yarn wound with gilded wire for embroidery or weaving; or, a wild flower in the buttercup family with slender yellow roots resembling said strand (4,6) |
| PARLORGAME | Activity such as the one hinted at by this puzzle's theme |
| MIDASTOUCH | It's much said to involve making a fortune (5,5) |
| GAME | Flock of kept swans; or. an activity such as ludo or Scrabble (4) |
| BOUT | Boxing, wrestling or roller derby match; fencing encounter; or, a stint of an activity such as exercise (4) |
| GAMECHANGER | Innovative person formed by an activity such as backgammon or Scrabble + an anagram of the first seven letters of "grenache": 2 wds. |
| SPURT | Sudden burst that becomes an activity such as basketball if its middle letter is changed to an O (Wordplay tip: The original clue refers to the phrase "growth ___") |
| GAMEBIRDS | Avians that might be protected by hunting laws whose first word is an activity such as soccer or Scrabble: 2 wds. |
| CRIME | An activity such as stealing which is against the law |
| OUTDOOR | Word denoting an alfresco activity such as camping, canoeing, clam-digging, climbing, cold-water swimming or cycling, or a person fond of such sporting or leisure pursuits (7) |
| BURLEIGH | Pottery that produces hand-finished pieces in patterns such as Asiatic Pheasants and Regal Peacock (8) |
| IDEA | Platonic Form; or, any result of cognitive activity, such as an image, notion, thought or "brainwave" (4) |
| STITCH | Small loop or turn of yarn such as a bargello in embroidery or a purl in knitting; or, a book fastening made with thread (6) |
