| SELVEDGE | Edge of cloth (8) |
| HEM | Edge of cloth |
| SCALLOPS | Fanned mollusc shells emblematic of St James the Great and pilgrims; or, ornamental curves cut in the edges of cloth or worked in knitting in imitation of thus (8) |
| FLANNELS | Sewers using fine line for edges of cloth trousers (8) |
| SCALLOP | One of a series of curves along an edge, especially an edge of cloth (7) |
| SEAM | A sewn join between edges of cloth (4) |
| SHEARS | Scissor-like tool for gardening and topiary, or a smaller pair with zigzag blades for pinking the edges of cloth (6) |
| PINKINGSHEARS | Scissors with notched blades, used to finish edges of cloth (7 ,6) |
| HEMS | Borders or edges of cloth, doubled down and sewn, synonymous with being confined or boxed in, whether in a crowd or at home alone (4) |
| LISTENSIN | Edge of cloth flag not good for earwigsr |
| DIAGONAL | From the Greek for "through", a line joining non-adjacent vertices of a square or other polygon; a slanting row of squares of the same colour on a chessboard; or, the bias of cloth (8) |
| VICARAGE | A piece of cloth in evil place? One of those places where the cloth may be found (8) |
| SHIRRING | Decorative gathering of cloth formed by drawing up material along two or more parallel lines of stitching (8) |
| HAIRBAND | A strip of cloth or curved plastic that fits closely over the top of the head (8) |
| SNIPPETS | Word for little pieces of cloth cut or scissored off, thus for brief extracts, scraps or shreds of something, such as information, literature or news (8) |
| CHIGNONS | Borders of cloth, strangely no sign of knots (8) |
| TETRAGON | Offensive bit of cloth on figure (8) |
| SWADDLES | Wraps tightly in strips of cloth (8) |
| SWATCHES | Samples of cloth (8) |
| ROBINSON | He dumps a piece of cloth outside (8) |
