| CATSPAWS | Dupes/pawns; offshore swivel knots; breezes forming patterns of ripples of the same name; or, feline feet (4-4) |
| CATSPAW | Nautical name for a pattern of ripples on the water's surface caused by a gust of wind; or, an offshore swivel knot (4-3) |
| WAVY | like soft ripples of hair |
| CATS | ___ paw - light breeze forming ripples on water's surface (4) |
| EFLORNITHINE | It makes hair grow less sparse in bats or feline |
| BEARCAT | It isn't ursine or feline, surprisingly |
| SCAREDYCAT | Timid person (or feline?) (7-3) |
| QUOITS | Rings for encircling hobs or pegs in a game of the same name; or, megalithic cromlechs or dolmens such as any of those in Cornwall including the "giant's house" (6) |
| INITIATION | The ritual of admitting a new member into a society or group in an often secret ceremony of the same name; or, any act of beginning (10) |
| CHOIRS | Parts of churches appropriated for bands of singers of the same name; or, consorts of musical instruments (6) |
| SCULL | Each of a pair of oars used to propel a racing shell of the same name; or, a traditional Scottish basket for fish or potatoes (5) |
| LUSTRE | The manner in which light interacts with a gem; a chandelier or vase ornamented with a number of crystal/glass pendants of the same name; or, a metallic pottery glaze (6) |
| DAMASK | The velvety pink colour of a fragrant old rose of the same name; or, a heavy silk or linen fabric with a reversible monochromatic Jacquard-woven pattern (6) |
| GROMMET | A loop of rope; a metal ring lining an eyelet of the same name; or, a slang word for a young or novice skateboarder or surfer (7) |
| HEATH | Known in Latin as Erica, a plant of a moorland habitat of the same name; or, any one of the littlest butterflies commonly called "browns" (5) |
| CRYPTIC | From Greek for "hidden", a word for something mysterious, obscure, occult, puzzling or secret, such as a clue in an enigmatic crossword of the same name; or, the camouflaging colouring of certain anim |
| YOKE | A pair of oxen joined by a frame of the same name; or, by extension, a burden, bondage, a couple or a tie (4) |
| BOWLS | From Latin for "bubbles", globes or orbs, such as the biased wooden specimens used in a game of the same name; or, a Scots word for marbles (5) |
| YOKES | Pairs of oxen joined by wooden crosspieces of the same name; or, frames for carrying buckets/pails (5) |
| FOLD | A pen for a flock of sheep of the same name; or, by extension, a church and its congregation (4) |
