| PLEDGED | Committed Plymouth lad making a border... |
| EDGING | Making a border (6) |
| HEMP | Fibre making a border with soft finish (4) |
| MAT | A border of colour, dull gold or white as a contrast between a picture and its frame; a tangled mass of hair or weeds; a coaster or small rug; a web of rope yarn; a cover for a tea chest; or, the soli |
| PLATBAND | A border of flowers or turf in a garden; a fillet or stria between the flutes of a classical column; or, a flat fascia on an architrave (8) |
| CURB | Chain attached to a horse's bit; or, a raised edge such as a border of stones around a well's mouth (4) |
| FLAG | A piece of bunting with distinctive colours and a design such as a border, canton, saltire, skull and crossbones or stripes; or, a yellow iris thought to have inspired the fleur-de-lis (4) |
| GREATWALL | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| EDGE | Brink of a steep drop; cutting side of a knife; or, a border (4) |
| RAND | A border; or, a leather strip forming the foundation of a shoe's heel (4) |
| SURROUND | A chimney piece framing a fireplace; or, a border generally (8) |
| AVERAGE | A border round a fair (7) |
| ENFRAMED | Put in a border, as a photo |
| MIRADOR | Stick a border up for a high window |
| ALKALINE | A look borders on a border of the basic (8) |
| ORLE | New role for a border within a shield |
| PICOT | A loop in lace or embroidery, often decorating a border |
| SEWS | Adds a border to a quilt, e.g. |
| CHECKPOINT | Make sure to indicate a feature of a border (10) |
| HEDGEHOG | In a word, it's a border pig (8) |