| CHURN | Device for making butter; or, a metal container for milk (5) |
| SESAME | Uses a metal container for seeds (6) |
| DAIRYMAID | Girl perhaps making butter or cheese |
| CHURNS | Metal containers for milk |
| BLOCK | Pad of paper; portion of butter; or, a letterpress printing plate (5) |
| MASH | Short name for potatoes blended with milk and butter; or, a novel by Richard Hooker based on the Korean War (4) |
| PEANUTS | Seeds typically roasted/salted as snacks or blended into "butter"; or, a paltry or trifling sum of money (7) |
| PATEN | Word for a shallow dish of silver or gold for Eucharistic host bread; a chalice-cover; or, a metal disc (5) |
| CROWN | Bird's crest; part of a cut gem; or, a metal cap for a bottle of beer or pop (5) |
| CLASP | Necklace or brooch fastening; or, a metal bar on a medal ribbon (5) |
| DAIRY | Place for making butter etc |
| BRASS | An ornament on the harness of a heavy horse; high-ranking military officials collectively; or, a metal used in chalcography (5) |
| UDDER | Natural container for milk? (5) |
| CRATE | Container for milk bottles (5) |
| KOREA | A war-torn Asian country uses a metal container inside Katoomba environs |
| SORES | Boils filleted sardines in a metal container |
| TIEIN | Correspondence that is enclosed by a metal container (3-2) |
| STARTERS | Dogs for rousing game; cultures or pre-ferments for making butter, cheese or sourdough; race initiators; or, competitors/horses in line-ups (8) |
| SOW | A moveable shed historically protecting a besieging force; a female badger, guinea pig, hedgehog, swine or wild boar; a she-bear; or, a metal block, larger than a "pig" (3) |
| TUB | Word for a vessel of wooden staves and hoops originally, now a plastic carton for ice cream or spread; or, a metal vat, used as a bath (3) |
