| COIR | Fiber from the husk of a coconut |
| HULL | Word for the small green calyx of a raspberry, strawberry or similar soft fruit; the husk of a grain; the pod or shell of beans or peas; the main body or frame of a flying-boat, ship or tank; or, the |
| CASE | From the French for "fall", an instance or happening that "befalls"; a chest, trunk or valise; the husk of a seed or cover of a wristwatch; a legal proceeding; or, an eccentric (4) |
| BRAN | Food from the husks of cereal grains |
| COAT | A fleece, pelage or pelt; or, any other outer covering, such as an application of paint/varnish, blanket of dust, husk of a seed, jacket, layer of a bulb or top of a suit of armour (4) |
| CHAFF | From "chew, gnaw", a word for the husk of grain; or, cut hay/straw (5) |
| SHY | From "shun, scare", description of a shrinking violet; a sudden spooking of a frightened horse; a fling at a target of a coconut etc; or, any attempt/shot (3) |
| FLICK | Word for the sudden quick movement of a fluffle of rabbits, husk of hares, jerk of the finger from the thumb, old film picture, page of a book, switch, whip, wrist or anything else (5) |
| THRESH | To separate the grain of a crop from the husks and straw (6) |
| THRESHING | Agricultural process of separating cereal grains from the husks (9) |
| ABACA | Fiber from the Philippines |
| ISTLE | Fiber from the agave plant |
| RAMIE | Fiber from the East |
| LINEN | A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant. (5) |
| CORNSKIN | Husk of a maize kernel (*Ron nicks) (4,4) |
| RET | To dampen or soak flax, hemp in water in order to separate the fibers from the woody tissue |
| RUINEDMAN | Husk of a chap led to ramshackle island in 'Nam? (6,3) |
| SHUCKS | Another word for oyster shells, pea pods or the husks of maize ears (6) |
| THREE | The number of spots or holes on the end of a coconut shell (5) |
| COPRA | Developing a crop from part of a coconut (5) |
