| STREAMLET | Colourful strips of paper used as party decorations; long, flowing pennons or festival flags; or, light displays of the aurora borealis (9) |
| STREAMERS | Colorful strips of crepe paper hung for a party |
| NONPERSON | Pennons or switches for a has-been (3-6) |
| NASSAU | Bahamian city or LI county |
| RECKONS | Believes, like Jed Clampett or Li'l Abner |
| STREAMER | One of a multitude of colourful paper strips ejected from a party popper; a pennon; or, a headline (8) |
| TAG | Strip of paper used as a label (3) |
| BUNTING | Finch- or sparrow-like bird known collectively as a mural; or, a string of colourful maritime flags or fabric/paper triangles for decorating a boat, festival, street fair or party (7) |
| FLUTTER | A polysemous word for a modest wager or bet; a heartbeat; a flap of a wing; a bat of one's eyelashes; a sensation or stir; a group of butterflies or flags; or, a fairy formation (7) |
| SCRAP | Piece of paper used as a bookmark |
| TINSEL | Thin strips of shiny metal or paper used as decoration (6) |
| EVE | Literary word for nightfall; the day or night before a notable occasion or festival, such as Christmas Day; or, the biblical first woman recalled in the name of an apple pudding (3) |
| JOLLY | Word, thought to stem from the name of the mid-winter feast or festival "Yule", for "cheerful, delightful, merry"; or, a happy celebration or party (5) |
| SPILL | Strip of paper or wood used to light a candle or fire |
| LOTS | Straws or slips of paper used in determining questions by chance; or, items offered for sale at auction |
| NOTEBOOK | Cahier, jotter, journal or spiralbound pad of paper used by an amanuensis, minute-taker, reporter, stenographer, student, writer etc; or, a slim, typically A4-sized laptop (8) |
| REAMS | Lots of paper used in making of cream, sugar and chocolate candies ? (5) |
| TISSUES | Thin pieces of soft absorbent paper, used as disposable handkerchieves. (7) |
| TISSUE | A piece of soft paper used as a handkerchief (6) |
| UNIONS | Couplings for pipes; emblematic devices on the upper inner corners of flags; or, organisations for workers (6) |
