| PRETZEL | Crisp, savoury biscuit in the form of a knot or stick (7) |
| CHIGNON | Woman's hairstyle consisting of a knot or coil of hair worn at the nape of the neck (7) |
| SHORTBREAD | Named for its crumbly texture and said to have been invented or refined by Mary, Queen of Scots, a rich, buttery biscuit in the form of a finger, petticoat-tail or round (10) |
| CRACKERS | Word for bangers, party poppers or squibs; festive snappers or "cosaques" modelled on bonbons twisted in wrappers; crisp savoury biscuits that break with a sharp snap; or, corkers, stunners or other p |
| FIG | Fruit of a tree in the mulberry family used to make some varieties of Christmas pudding or pastry biscuits in the form of rolls (3) |
| MEATPIE | Writer before a game eating last part of crisp, savoury dish (4,3) |
| PRETZELS | Snacks in the form of knot or stick |
| CRACKER | Small but noisy firework; a savoury biscuit served with cheese; an individual who breaks a safe or hacks a computer; or, a fine example of a person or thing (7) |
| BETWIXT | Little girl eats chocolate bar with biscuit in the middle (7) |
| PLAITED | Piece of plaid tied in a knot or intertwined (7) |
| TIGHTEN | Pull the ends of a knot, make more secure (7) |
| OATMEAL | Ground farinaceous haver used in the making of bannocks, brose, haggis, porridge, savoury biscuits and Staffordshire pancakes; or, a pale variegated brown, buff, ecru, fawn, greige or mushroom colour |
| OATCAKE | Savoury biscuit from the grain of Avena sativa (7) |
| BOURBON | Whiskey or biscuit in French house? (7) |
| BESEECH | Beg to hide disco biscuits in tree (7) |
| COOKIES | Small, sweet biscuits, in North America (7) |
| SCORINGAGOAL | Putting the biscuit in the basket. In hockey |
| SCORES | Puts the biscuit in the basket |
| KNELT | Took a step towards tying a knot or tying the knot? |
| OLIVER | Nicholas Hilliard's protege whose miniature A Young Man Seated Under a Tree includes the first painted depiction of a knot garden (6) |
