| HOOP | Croquet arch Winnie returned to (4) |
| LOOP | Circular frame-like item used for needlepoint, embroidery or tapestry; or, another name for a croquet arch (4) |
| WICKET | Croquet arch |
| PEGS | Croquet stakes; cricket stumps; or, wooden bolts, such as the figurative square example in a round hole, referred to when alluding to misfits (4) |
| PEEL | Croquet term, to send a ball other than the striker's through its hoop (4) |
| PALL | -mall, lawn game of the 16th and 17th centuries, a precursor to croquet (4) |
| FROG | Footman in 5 - croquet, reportedly? (4) |
| LAWN | Grassy area for croquet (4) |
| FOUR | A croquet set contains how many balls? (4) |
| YARD | Place to play croquet |
| BALL | Item used for many sports, activities and pastimes including golf, croquet, polo, cricket and crystal-gazing (4) |
| POLO | Played at Cowdray Park and Smith's Lawn at Windsor Great Park, the "sport of kings" resembling croquet on horseback, portrayed in Kipling's The Maltese Cat (4) |
| WOOD | Material used for treenware, pencils. croquet mallets. cricket bats. shoetrees and cooking utensils sud1 as spoons. spatulas and chopping-boards (4) |
| MALL | From the name of a historical alley in London for playing a croquet-like game, a shaded or sheltered walk; or, an enclosed shopping centre (4) |
| WIRE | What croquet wickets are made of |
| SETS | Chess and croquet purchases |
| OOPS | Croquet requisites husband dropped - butterfingers! |
| BENT | Like the wire in a croquet wicket |
| GAME | Croquet or tennis |
| ARCH | Shape of a croquet wicket |
