| RESEAU | Fine-net ground used in lacemaking; or, a glass plate with a network of lines as a reference grid on star photographs (6) |
| ANNE | A queen of the Stuart dynasty whose skill in lacemaking, or lace itself, is said to have inspired one of the names for cow-parsley (4) |
| VEINIER | Having more lines, as a leaf |
| MONOTYPE | Unique print made by pressing paper against a metal or glass plate with a painted or inked design (8) |
| RETICLE | Optical reference grid |
| ORRISROOT | A type of iris fixed in the ground, used in perfumery (5,4) |
| QUATRAIN | A set of lines as form of transport (8) |
| HELLO | That man backed ordinary couple of lines as greeting (5) |
| CROSSWORDPUZZLE | If you're solving one of these at a tournament, you may be able to get a left-handed version (with the grid on the left for easier solving) (2 wds.) |
| BOBBINS | Spools for lacemaking or sewing machines; shuttles for weaving; narrow braids, cords and other such passementerie; or, bars on strings for raising door latches |
| BREAKSRANKS | Gets out of line, as today's solution does in every other row (6,5) |
| GEOGRAPHY | Return, say, old grid on unknown subject (9) |
| CROWD | Figures to get out of line, as many people do (5) |
| SPARKLER | Hand-held firework used in place of a candle in a celebration cake; or a word for a diamond or a glass of champagne (8) |
| TIE | Neck accessory, sometimes with school or club colours; another word for a bride in lacemaking; a slur-like symbol in musical notation; or, equality in score or votes (3) |
| ATRIUM | The cavaedium in an ancient Roman domus, open to the sky; a colonnaded court or quadrangle of a medieval church; or, a glass-roofed central hall of a modern building (6) |
| COVERSLIP | Small glass plate placed over a specimen mounted on a microscope slide; or, a fabric case for a duvet (9) |
| FRAME | A chassis; the skeleton of an animal, house, person or anything else; a picture surround; or, a glass case serving as a miniature greenhouse (5) |
| RAILWAY | A miniature or life-size network of lines, tracks and trains, such as that portrayed in tales by Rev W Awdry (7) |
| ENGRAVER | Artist or artisan skilled in the intaglio technique of printmaking, involving incising designs on copper plates with a burin or dry-point (8) |
