| OPERAHAT | Chapeau claque or gibus that is collapsible so as to be flattened to store under one's theatre seat (5,3) |
| CROPS | They may be flattened to make mysterious farm circles |
| STOW | Store under one's seat, say |
| DRAMATIST | Writer having wee drink at one's theatre, initially (9) |
| RASED | Flattened to the ground (5) |
| FORALLTHAT | Because the tall hat is collapsible, nevertheless (3,3,4) |
| PINNACLE | Top of linen cap is collapsible (8) |
| GIBUS | French chapelier who designed the eponymous chapeau claque, aka spring-loaded collapsible top hat (5) |
| OPERAHATS | Chapeau claque |
| KOSHERDELI | Jewish food store under Beth Din supervision (6,4) |
| MALLEABILITY | This quality of a metal describes its ability to be flattened under the blows of a hammer into thin sheets without breaking or crumbling into fragments. (Most of the native elements show various degre |
| CRIMP | One of a series of pinches around the edge of a pie crust; or, a soft bead designed to be flattened with pliers in jewellery-making (5) |
| USHERING | When one is guiding one to a theatre seat, what is one doing (8) |
| TOPPER | Informal word for an opera hat or gibus, traditionally stored in a bucket-shaped box; or, a quilted mattress layer for extra comfort (6) |
| RAISED | Put up to be flattened, we hear (6) |
| HATBOX | A case or reinforced "bucket" for one's bowler, fedora, gibus or milliner's perhaps fascinating fancy creation (6) |
| HAT | Toque or gibus |
| TRENT | Simone Tata managed the Tata Group's consumer-facing businesses including Westside and Star India Bazaar stores under __. (5) |
| IRONED | Crumpled picture of De Niro should be flattened out (6) |
| EVENEDOUT | English duo, involved in boxing match, for example, may be flattened (6,3) |
