| GILT | Gold, or a substance simulating it, used to cover objects (4) |
| CHAPLET | From Old French for "garland of roses" and "hat", a word for a wreath of flowers or foliage for the head; a circlet of gold; or, a string of beads, one-third of a rosary in length (7) |
| WARCRIME | It's an atrocity for Washington state Catholic to cover object with frost (3,5) |
| TRENDY | Attempt to cover object with it (6) |
| ELIXIR | From "desiccative powder for wounds" and "dry" , an alchemical preparation or philosopher's stone for achieving immortality or transmuting base metals into gold; or, a panacea, panpharmacon or potion |
| PRISM | "Dark Side of the Moon" album cover object |
| STOB | Fence post put up by programs simulating human activity (4) |
| YETI | Ponytail simulating tie on snowman? (4) |
| LIFE | Board game simulating a real existence |
| PALL | Friend left a cloth used to cover a coffin (4) |
| BUILDER | General word for a construction worker, shipwright or stonemason; or, a substance added to detergent or soap to increase its effectiveness (7) |
| COSY | Cloth used to cover a teapot, to Brits |
| MORTAR | A vessel, a gun, or a substance used by builders |
| TILE | Thin slab used to cover roof, wall, floor etc (4) |
| LINO | It is used to cover the floor in Illinois |
| SKIN | Organ of the body that Ned Willis used to cover in ink in Neighbours (4) |
| TARP | Sheet used to cover a wood pile |
| MORDANT | An adhesive for gold leaf, or, a substance used to set dyes on textiles such as palampore (7) |
| NAPE | Bandana person used to cover part of neck |
| CHALK | Type of limestone forming England's hill figures; or, a substance applied to snooker cues or blackboards (5) |
