| DUCKSDOWN | Dodges, but in a fluffy sort of way? (5,4) |
| SIDESTEP | Dodge but desist transferring record (8) |
| GOBANANAS | Be stark raving bonkers, but in a fruity sort of way? (2,7) |
| LAUGHSOFF | Makes little of in a funny sort of way? (6,3) |
| SOFTPEDAL | Put one's foot down in a quiet sort of way? |
| PUSSYFOOT | Be non-committal in a catty sort of way? (9) |
| DANDELION | It has a bright yellow flower followed by a fluffy seed ball (9) |
| BROWNTAIL | A fluffy white tussock moth named for the characteristic bistre-, dingy-, drab-, fuscous- or taupe-coloured tip of its abdomen (9) |
| ARCHANGEL | Spiritual being to evolve in a couple of ways? |
| CATKIN | From the Dutch meaning "kitten", a word for a fluffy ament of a willow tree or an inflorescence such as a "lamb's-tail" of a hazel or a "devil's finger" of a black poplar (6) |
| PAW | Make a gesture in a beastly sort of way? (3) |
| SKIED | Highly smitten in a batty sort of way? (5) |
| DIVERTINGLY | Underwater explorer affected by mild pain in a funny sort of way? (11) |
| SHOWALOTOFGLASS | What glaziers like to do, in a refined sort of way? |
| PUTUP | Accommodate in a deceitful sort of way? (3,2) |
| PERTAIN | Apply in a pert sort of way? |
| BLANDISH | Flatter in a mild sort of way? (8) |
| COWED | Intimidated, in a bovine sort of way? (5) |
| FELT | Sensed in a woolly sort of way? (4) |
| TURFSOUT | Expels in a grassy sort of way? (5,3) |
