| MOUSED | Did a cat's job |
| KNOT | Bind such as a cat's-paw; a unit of nautical speed derived from the use of a chip log; a burl; or, a sandpiper (4) |
| SCRATCH | An injury inflicted by a cat's claw; or, a starting point in a race for a competitor without a handicap (7) |
| FLAP | A cat's miniature door; a throw of an American pancake; a flutter of a wing; or, a large broad mushroom (4) |
| TRILL | Imitative word, from "vibrate", echoing the tremulous sound of a musical quaver/shake, a run/roulade of birdsong, a cat's high-pitched chirrup, a warble or a rolled "rrrrr" (5) |
| COOT | A bird that sounds like a dove holding on to a cat's tail. (4) |
| CHARIVARI | How it varied when Ed left only a chair! What a cats' concert was heard! (9) |
| CHATOYANT | From the French for "gleam like a cat's eye", word for a gem, such as the one named after said oculus, with a changeable iridescent lustre (9) |
| KITTENHEEL | Name, similar to a description of a cat's paw, for a style of small stiletto; or, the shoe cobbled with it (6,4) |
| EYES | Prominent features of a "Cats" poster |
| TIE | Clothing with a cats stain, perhaps |
| LEOPARDLEOTARD | Costuming choice for a "Cats" performance? |
| YES | Body parts depicted on a "Cats" poster |
| WET | Like a cat's fur after a bath |
| CLAW | A spike on a cat's paw (4) |
| KNOTTY | Like a cat's-cradle, such a problem is hard to explain |
| MIAOW | A little fish, showing change of heart to a cat's cry |
| FLATBEDTRAILERS | One way to get a cats to construction sites |
| CASTAWAYS | A cat's peculiar habits -- they may be conveying a cry for help! (9) |
| NINE | A cat's lives, it seems, are like a dog's tail |
