| SHOER | Blacksmith or farrier who nails the typically U-shaped plates, symbolic of good luck, on equids' hooves (5) |
| SHOE | Horse -; item crafted on an anvil by a blacksmith or farrier which is traditionally used as a symbol of good luck (4) |
| STEGOSAUR | Dino with diamond-shaped plates running along its back |
| AHAB | Character who nails a doubloon to the Pequod's mast |
| ACER | One who nails a test, say |
| VULCAN | Name of a Roman god of fire and the forge, hence a literary name for a blacksmith or ironworker (6) |
| RABBIT | One of a number of colourless animals said to bring good luck on the first on the month (5,6) |
| WHITE | One of a number of colourless animals said to bring good luck on the first on the month (5,6) |
| MARE | Female of the equids; or, a lunar plain such as the Sea of Tranquility (4) |
| SEPAL | In botany, the typically green and leaf-like parts of the calyx of a flower, enclosing the petals (5) |
| AZULEJO | Any one of the typically blue-and-white tiles traditionally used to decorate the buildings and streets of Portugal or Spain (7) |
| STRAND | Any one of the typically six cotton or silk filaments twisted to form thread for embroidery; or, a poetic word for a beach or shore (6) |
| STUB | An old worn horseshoe nail; the truncated remnant of a candle or pencil; or, the counterfoil of a cheque, receipt or ticket (4) |
| MIDDLEAMERICA | Term for the typically conservative heartland of the U.S. (6,7) |
| HORSE | Any one of the equids portrayed in Black Beauty, Follyfoot or International Velvet (5) |
| ALEG | "Break ___!" ("Good luck" on Broadway) |
| FOURLEAFLOVER | This might bring good luck on Valentine's Day? |
| BREAKALEG | "Good luck" on stage: 3 wds. |
| HOOF | The corneous part of an equid's ungula; an animal with said trotter; or, facetiously, a person's foot (4) |
| COLLEGE | Any one of the typically historic Oxbridge buildings including Balliol, Merton and Peterhouse (7) |
