| WARMBLOOD | Horse with a jolly young man |
| ANIMALFARM | A game man had with a jolly book |
| ARMALITE | Weapon with a jolly, blazing sound (8) |
| TROUTFARM | Run into black-marketeer, fellow with a jolly fishy business |
| AIR | Tune with a jolly good rousing start (3) |
| CRACKERS | British sweet shop-owner Tom Smith's table decorations inspired by French bonbons and the crepitation of log fires, pulled apart with a jolly snap to reveal groan-worthy bons mots, paper crowns and no |
| DUN | Greyish brown; a horse with a coat of this colour, combined with a black mane and tail; an importunate debt collector; a hill-fort; or, a fishing fly resembling a subimago mayfly (3) |
| PIE | Short word for a black-and-white bird from which a "paint" horse with a similarly coloured coat derives its name; or, a type of sweet or savoury tart with a pastry top crust (3) |
| COCKTAIL | Old word for a horse with a docked cauda or for a racehorse with mixed lineage; now a mixed drink; a fruit medley; or, any melange (8) |
| SORREL | A reddish-brown or chestnut hue; a horse with a coat of this colour; a dock with arrow-shaped sour leaves; or, in the Caribbean, red hibiscus flower tea (6) |
| UNICORN | Depicted on the Royal Arms and also as a smartphone emoji, a mythical beast resembling a white horse with a horn (7) |
| ROAN | A horse with a coat sprinkled with white hairs (4) |
| SUGGEST | Drop a hint for us to back a horse with a set system (7) |
| HARNESSES | Like a horse with a bit and straps |
| HACKAMORE | Halter for horse with a man found guilty of treason |
| SNORT | Sound of a horse with a common alcoholic drink |
| TROY | Place that had a horse with a bellyful of humans |
| TROT | Gait for a horse with a buggy |
| BRONCO | A horse with a propensity to buck (6) |
| DAGGA | Eventually feed a horse with a weed (5) |
