| RESEAU | From French for "net, web", a word for a fine mesh ground for lacework; or, a network of things, in particular spies or lines for reference in star photographs (6) |
| CLUSTER | Aggregation of stars/galaxies; group of consonants; an ensemble of bound atoms; a bunch of grapes; or, a network of computers (7) |
| DENTELLE | From "little tooth", a word for lacework; or, ornamental tooling resembling lace edging, on a book (8) |
| RETE | From "net", a word for part of an astrolabe; or, a network or plexus of blood vessels or nerve cells (4) |
| ROUTER | A device used to connect a personal computer to the internet or a network (6) |
| FILIGREE | One other girl getting in payment for lacework (8) |
| FILM | From "membrane, skin", a word for a fine thread, gauzy web, haze, mist, pellicle or thin coating that, over time, came to mean a strip of celluloid; or, the motion picture captured on it (4) |
| PUNCTILIO | From the Latin for "point", a word for a fine or petty point of conduct, etiquette or procedure, about which one is particularly scrupulous (9) |
| PENCIL | Word for a fine paintbrush for watercolours that transferred to an instrument for drawing or writing (6) |
| AMENDE | Word for a fine or penalty derived from French |
| THREAD | Filament of silk forming a spider's web; a strand of cotton; or, the helical ridge on a screw (6) |
| TRAMMEL | Three-sectioned dragnet, the two outer nets having a large mesh and the middle one a fine mesh (7) |
| COSMIC | ____ web, a network of filaments of dark matter that may form the basis of the universe (6) |
| CAFETIERE | Cylindrical glass jug, fitted with a fine-mesh filter on a rod, used to make coffee (9) |
| GOODEGG | Term, used by the likes of Rudyard Kipling and P G Wodehouse, for a fine or decent person; or, an oldfashioned exclamation of delight (4,3) |
| NET | A fine mesh |
| WEB | A fine mesh made by spiders |
| SIEVE | A fine mesh this is! |
| SIEVING | Using a fine-mesh riddle (7) |
| HAIRNET | Piece of fine mesh for the head (7) |
