| RAYON | Fabric with a soft drape |
| SWANSDOWN | A thick cotton fabric with a soft nap on one side |
| VELVET | Fabric with a soft lustrous pile |
| VELOUR | Synthetic fabric with a soft pile |
| SQUASH | From "green vegetable eaten green", word for a courgette, pattypan, pumpkin, marrow or related cucurbit; or, a game played with a soft crushable rubber ball of the same name (6) |
| RAGTOP | Nickname for a convertible with a soft roof (6) |
| CONVERTIBLE | *Ride with a soft fabric roof |
| MOLLUSC | Invertebrate with a soft unsegmented body, usually inside a shell (7) |
| UNACORDA | One about to leave a French concert with a soft-pedal (3,5) |
| KERRYBLUE | An Irish breed of terrier with a soft, wavy coat of a silvery-grey or smokyblue colour (5,4) |
| ENDOMORPH | One with a soft round build of body and a high proportion of fat tissue |
| PANAMA | Seen from behind, a chap with a soft hat (6) |
| INTONED | Uttered like a monk with a soft spot for Kelly (7) |
| SEASNAIL | Small spiny-finned fish of cold seas, with a soft scaleless body and the pelvic fins fused into a sucker (3,5) |
| EIDER | A large northern sea duck with a soft down used to fill pillows and quilts (5) |
| FRYUP | Terrible fury, with a soft ending in a greasy meal! (3,2) |
| SEAURCHIN | Marine animal with a soft body in a round spiny shell (3,6) |
| LULLABY | Lull a heartless boy with a soft, gentle song (7) |
| HINDERADE | Interfere with a soft drink? |
| DAUB | Smear roughly with a soft substance (4) |
