| NIA | DaCosta or Long |
| YAYA | Gosselin or DaCosta |
| CHICAGOMED | Series for Yaya DaCosta (2) |
| MED | Chicago ___ (show starring Yaya DaCosta) |
| CANDYMAN | 2021 horror movie directed by Nia DaCosta |
| AFRO | Style Yaya DaCosta sometimes rocks |
| GIRTH | Barrel, tree trunk, tummy or waist's circumference, especially when bulky or grand; or, a saddle's fastening cinch or long belly-binding band (5) |
| FEATHERS | Plumes or quills traditionally fitted to arrows by fletchers or used as pens; or, long tufts of hair on the fetlocks of heavy horses (8) |
| QUEUE | Heraldic term for the tail of a beast originally, later a pigtail or long braid/plait of hair; hence a chain, file or tailback of people or other things (5) |
| TRIPS | Short or long excursions or journeys (5) |
| ROVER | Croquet ball ready to peg out; a random or long-distance mark for shooting at in archery; or, a former name for a Venture Scout (5) |
| CHRONIC | Describing a long-lasting or long continued illness (7) |
| OLD | Of long standing or long duration initially (3) |
| BODKINS | Blunt needles for threading cord, elastic, ribbon or tape; ornamental hairpins; small daggers; or, long, thin arrowheads (7) |
| RIBBONS | Driving reins/lines; watchsprings; or, long strips of something such as courgette, grosgrain, satin, tagliatelle or typewriter inking cloth (7) |
| TALLBOYS | High chests-on-chests of mahogany or walnut traditionally; or, long-stemmed wineglasses (8) |
| BOA | It's long and soft . . . or long and scaly |
| MOANS | Whingy gripes, grouses or grumbles; or, long mournful murmurs of pain (5) |
| GAUZE | Thin muslin-like transparent cloth that is easy to rip, typically netting or veiling or long bandage strip (5) |
| BURBLE | Onomatopoeic gabble, gurgle, murmur or long purling stream, be it of incoherent speech, turbulence, water or wittering nonsense during a dream (6) |
