| YEALM | Bundle of long straw ready for thatching - sort of mealy (5) |
| THATCHER | Artisan who makes roofs from long straw, wheat straw or water reed; or, the prime minister to be portrayed by Gillian Anderson in series four of The Crown (8) |
| THATCH | Rural cottage roof constructed from long straw, combed wheat reed or water reed using a traditional craft dating back to the Bronze Age (6) |
| SHEAF | Bundle, as of reeds for thatching (5) |
| YELMS | Bundles of straw for thatching - horribly smelly, left out! (5) |
| REEDS | Stalks of wetland grasses used for thatching; a literary word for arrows; or, musical pipes (5) |
| COGON | Grass of the Philippines used for thatching (5) |
| STRAW | Dried stalks of grain used for thatching, basketry, stable bedding or hats including bretons, boaters, panamas and fedoras (5) |
| HAULM | Plant stems used for thatching and bedding (5) |
| BULGE | Sprayed mealy bug, dropping off, may stand out (5) |
| NIPA | Palm of India and the Pacific islands, whose foliage is used for thatching, etc (4) |
| WIGAN | False thatching on one place (5) |
| REED | Straw used for thatching (4) |
| TALIPOT | Palm tree of the East Indies, Corypha umbraculifera, whose leaves are used for thatching houses (7) |
| PALMYRA | Tall Asian palm with large fan-shaped leaves used for thatching (7) |
| ATAP | A apt (anag.); palm used for thatching; |
| SWAY | A rhythmical motion from side to side, to and fro or back and forth; a leaning movement; rule, control or influence; or, a switch for thatching (4) |
| POLENTAS | Mealy meals of Italian cuisine |
| EXMOORS | Hardy native British "mealy muzzled" ponies from west Somerset and north Devon, which naturally roam a national park regarded as a little piece of heather-rich heaven (7) |
| EMMYLOU | Harris singer hated leaving mealy- mouthed broadcast (7) |
