| MORDANT | An adhesive for gold leaf, or, a substance used to set dyes on textiles such as palampore (7) |
| PALLET | Straw mattress; tool for lettering book-bindings; flat brush for taking up or spreading gold-leaf; or, a wooden platform moved with a fork-lift (6) |
| NAP | The raised pile on textiles such as velvet |
| MORTAR | A vessel, a gun, or a substance used by builders |
| LEADACETATE | It fixes dyes on 80 yards of yarn at gallery (4,7) |
| GELATINE | Name, from Latin for "to freeze", for a substance used to set jelly (8) |
| ORMOLU | From "powdered gold", a word for gold leaf prepared for gilding bronze; or, the candelabras, clocks, furniture mounts, mouldings and other metallic wares ornamented in this manner (6) |
| PLASTEROFPARIS | Substance used to set broken limbs (7,2,5) |
| DUTCH | -- metal is a substitute for gold leaf made from thin sheets of copper (5) |
| BUILDER | General word for a construction worker, shipwright or stonemason; or, a substance added to detergent or soap to increase its effectiveness (7) |
| CRINKLE | A corrugation, crimp, furrow, pucker or other winding zigzaggy ruckle observed on creased cloth, an old wavy barrier of bricks, paper money, a ridge-cut potato chip or an unhealthy strawberry leaf; or |
| ODORANT | A substance used to give a particular odour to a product (7) |
| VACCINE | A substance used to stimulate immunity to an infectious disease (7) |
| PRODUCT | Commodity offered for sale; a quantity obtained by multiplying; or, a substance for styling the hair (7) |
| CRYOGEN | A substance used to produce low temperatures (7) |
| PATTERN | A repeated decorative design such as paisley on textiles (7) |
| NET | Textile such as tulle for tutus and veils; a strip dividing a badminton or tennis court; or, a canopy around a bed to keep mosquitoes at bay (3) |
| TIEDYES | Patterns on textiles being drawn certainly (3-4) |
| TABBY | A textile such as silk or taffeta with a watered pattern; or, a cat with a brownish-greyish brindled coat (5) |
| GLAIR | From "clear", an old word for egg white; or, said albumen prepared as an adhesive for bookbinding or gilding (5) |
