| HAIRCOLOR | Black, brown or blond, e.g. |
| OUTS | Ending for black, brown, or burn |
| ANTS | Small black, brown or red insects that live in colonies |
| TRAIT | Brown eyes or blond hair, e.g. |
| EYES | They may be black, brown, blue or private |
| TOWHEAD | Blonde or blond |
| GENE | Transmitter of freckles or blond hair |
| ASH | Word before "gray" or "blond" |
| ALE | Pale or blond beverage |
| STARLINGS | Black, brown-spotted birds with green or purple reflections (9) |
| NODDY | Seabird that may be black, brown, blue or grey (5) |
| ARAME | Word that refers to black-brown edible kelp or sea vegetable in Japanese, but wire in Portuguese (5) |
| DELLINGTON | "Black, Brown and Beige" composer |
| EBONY | Dense black-brown hardwood, most often yielded by trees of the diospyros genus - as in the heuchera cultivar '___ And Ivory' (5) |
| TORTIE | Informal word for a cat with a black, brown and cream coat (6) |
| RUSTED | Variety of apple or its reddish brown colour; or, a type of historical homespun brown or grey cloth (6) |
| BULLWHIP | Red (or brown or black) snapper |
| BEURRENOIR | Butter heated until brown or black, often flavoured with vinegar or lemon juice (6,4) |
| ALMOND | Influenced by medieval Latin for "loveable", a kernel with an oval shape resembled by the brain's emotional processing centre, or "amygdala"; or, a creamy pale-brown or pistachio colour of such a rosa |
| SLUDGE | Word for half-melted snow; soft wet mud or mire; dirty sump oil; or, a drab muddy brown or gungy green (6) |
