| SPIDERS | I'd press and they'd do the spinning (7) |
| SPIDER | Red's employed a Greek to do the spinning |
| DISCOVER | I'd move the covers and they'd find out (8) |
| ODDITY | They'd do it all wrong without input from the eccentric (6) |
| RICHARD | British cotton manufacturer who patented the spinning frame in 1769 (7) |
| OPTICAL | S omething that appears to be other than it is, such as 'Lilac Chaser' and 'The Spinning Dancer' |
| DAILIES | The Free Press and the Brandon Sun |
| MEDIATE | Make peace between press and the outsiders (7) |
| HARGREAVES | Weaver from Lancashire who invented the spinning jenny; or, the author and illustrator who created the Mr. Men and Little Miss book series (10) |
| ARKWRIGHT | Richard ____ and John Kay developed the spinning frame, an improvement on the previous spinning jenny |
| SAMUEL | Forename of either the inventor of the spinning mule, a notable English diarist, the leader of the Shoreham Ancients or a fictional snuff-taking rat from whom Tom Kitten escapes (6) |
| PRESIDES | I'd press it at this point but he's in the chair (8) |
| ADDRESSBOOKS | Talk on TransAtlantic, The Spinning Heart and The Testament of Mary necessary when sending Christmas |
| OPTED | Went for the spinning top, the boy did (5) |
| SAMUELCROMPTON | The inventor of the spinning mule |
| POTTER | One behind The Spinning Wheel gives Kitty central computer codes (6) |
| CROMPTON | Samuel ___, English inventor of the spinning mule (8) |
| SPOT | See the spinning toys coming up |
| GYRATION | The spinning of a toy ring perhaps (8) |
| TEACLOTH | A fool shut in the spinning drier (3,5) |
