| EAR | Husk of corn |
| SHUCK | Husk of corn |
| CHAFF | Husks of corn - worthless stuff (5) |
| CHAFFS | Teases good-naturedly with husks of corn |
| BRAN | Sifted husks of corn |
| CHAFFINCH | Bird getting short measure with husks of corn (9) |
| COAT | A fleece, pelage or pelt; or, any other outer covering, such as an application of paint/varnish, blanket of dust, husk of a seed, jacket, layer of a bulb or top of a suit of armour (4) |
| FLICK | Word for the sudden quick movement of a fluffle of rabbits, husk of hares, jerk of the finger from the thumb, old film picture, page of a book, switch, whip, wrist or anything else (5) |
| HULL | Word for the small green calyx of a raspberry, strawberry or similar soft fruit; the husk of a grain; the pod or shell of beans or peas; the main body or frame of a flying-boat, ship or tank; or, the |
| NOSEBAG | Husk of oats and bits of edible bran carried by horse? (7) |
| CASE | From the French for "fall", an instance or happening that "befalls"; a chest, trunk or valise; the husk of a seed or cover of a wristwatch; a legal proceeding; or, an eccentric (4) |
| COIR | Coarse hair-like fibre from the outer husk of the coconut, composed of lignin and cellulose (4) |
| RUINEDMAN | Husk of a chap led to ramshackle island in 'Nam? (6,3) |
| REPULSE | Husk of rice, lentils etc cause aversion (7) |
| AGRARIAN | Grain, and a husk of another, scattered about land (8) |
| CORNSKIN | Husk of a maize kernel (*Ron nicks) (4,4) |
| HAREBELL | Pale blue campanula, cuckoo's shoe, fairy's chime, lady's thimble or wild hyacinth of Scotland whose name in question refers to its apparent abundance in habitats frequented by husks of jack rabbits o |
| GLEAN | Gather husks of grain round field |
| BRANS | Husks of grains |
| WYTE | Scots point the finger at husks of woolly thistle |
