| TASSELS | Hanging decorations of threads gathered at the top (7) |
| ROSETTE | Ornament made of ribbons/threads gathered in a shape of a rose |
| TASSEL | Decoration of threads or pieces of fabric tied together (6) |
| CHIGNON | Roll of hair gathered at the back of the head (7) |
| WHARTON | Author of novels including The Custom of the Country and The Age of Innocence and the nonfiction The Decoration of Houses (7) |
| REGALIA | Decorations of office enlivening a rail housing, for example (7) |
| BUNTING | A colourful string of festive cloth flags, maritime pennants or streamers fluttering in the breeze; or, any one of a "decoration" of yellowhammers or related birds feeding on seeds through the summer |
| ACCRA | In the first minutes of 6th March, 1957, Prime Minister Nkrumah declared Ghana's independence to the crowds gathered at the polo grounds in this capital city |
| BODYART | Decoration of the skin by tattooing, piercing etc. (4,3) |
| FESTOON | Decoration of stone, possibly (7) |
| TUNIC | Any of the loose pleated dresses gathered at the waist with a belt or cord |
| OAKLEAF | And 23 US military decoration of bronze or silver awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before (3,4,7) |
| EARRING | Decoration of embattled leader making U-turn? |
| BLOOMERS | Formerly, loose trousers gathered at the knee, worn by women for cycling and athletics from the late 19th Century (8) |
| PONYTAIL | Hairstyle in which hair is gathered at the back and hangs down (8) |
| KNICKERBOCKERS | Loose breeches gathered at the knees (14) |
| SMOCK | Dress that is gathered at the chest (5) |
| DIRNDL | A full skirt tightly gathered at the waist (6) |
| PLUS | ___ fours, baggy breeches gathered at the knee (4) |
| PANTALOONS | Baggy trousers gathered at the ankle (10) |
