| CHARLIE | Brown or |
| RUSTED | Variety of apple or its reddish brown colour; or, a type of historical homespun brown or grey cloth (6) |
| 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) |
| INK | Pigment or sepia of bistre, black, brown or indigo blue, synonymous with written publicity or even a tattoo (3) |
| BULLWHIP | Red (or brown or black) snapper |
| ALE | Brooklyn Brown or Newcastle Brown |
| CHESTNUT | Golden-brown or reddish-brown horse (8) |
| CARAMEL | Brown, or yellowish-brown with a red initially added in |
| RUSSET | Which colour is reddishbrown, light brown, or yellowish-brown (6) |
| SPARROW | A small bird with a brown or grey plumage that feeds on seeds or insects (7) |
| BRINDLED | An animal's coat that has brown or grey streaks or patches of a darker colour (8) |
| BURMESE | Short-haired domestic cat breed typically having a brown or grey coat and green or grey eyes (7) |
| BISCUIT | Food such as a ginger nut or the former sailor staple "hardtack"; pale brown; or, unglazed pottery (7) |
| OCHRE | An earth used as a yellow or brown or red pigment (5) |
| BEURRENOIR | Butter heated until brown or black, often flavoured with vinegar or lemon juice (6,4) |
| SORREL | A reddish-brown or chestnut hue; a horse with a coat of this colour; a dock with arrow-shaped sour leaves; or, in the Caribbean, red hibiscus flower tea (6) |
| FAWN | Word, from "offspring", for a young deer; or, said bambi's pale brown or fallow colour (4) |
| JASPER | Opaque, impure form of quartz; red, yellow, brown or dark green in colour, used as a gemstone or in ornaments (6) |
| LES | Paul, Brown or Baxter |
