| FIDDLEBACK | Gun wood pattern that earns its stripes on a violin's rear section (10) |
| MOUSER | Cat that earns its keep |
| SHIFT | 19th-century chemise made of homespun cotton or linen; a movement of the hand on a violin's fingerboard; or, a change in the direction of true wind in sailing (5) |
| CLOVERLEAF | For a pattern that comes from a plant, cover all with iron element possibly. (10) |
| CRINOLETTE | Steel framework worn under the skirt to distend its rear section, fashionable in the mid-18th century (10) |
| APLUSASIDE | Whispered comment that earns top marks at drama school? |
| BARTHEDOOR | Paint stripes on a portal? |
| PONTICELLO | Italian for a violin's "little bridge" (10) |
| EMPENNAGES | English politician Harry seen dancing around rear sections of aircraft (10) |
| NSFWCHECKS | Fabric pattern that you shouldn't wear at the office? |
| FIDDLESTYX | Play "Come Sail Away" on a violin? |
| PALE | An adjective meaning feeble, light in colour, peaky, wan, washed-out or whitish; or, as a noun, a vertical stripe on a shield; a wooden stake forming a fence; or, a conceptual boundary (4) |
| BACK | Word for a hinder surface, such as a chair's upright, sometimes splat-bearing, rear; a person's dorsum; a ship's keel; or, a violin's underside (4) |
| VEINING | A streaky pattern on gun wood (7) |
| GSTRING | A skimpy undergarment that shares its name with a violin's lowest voice or note (1-6) |
| TIGER | Animal that can't change its stripes, per an old adage |
| LACQUER | A finish for gun wood from the hair care department? (7) |
| MONEYSPINNER | One invested in my top scheme that earns a lot (5-7) |
| UPC | Stripes on a Fudge Stripes pkg. |
| STROBING | Loss of continuity in lines or stripes on a television picture (8) |
