| RULERS | Implements used for measuring, technical drawing and the subject described in 16 Down (6) |
| ONTHEMENU | Subject described by improper noun, an option to consume? (2,3,4) |
| SYRINX | From Greek for "Pan-pipes", the song-making organ of any one of the "orniths" described in 16 Across (6) |
| DRLFT | Deep wind-driven bank of the cold white matter described in 16 Across; or, a blanket of flowers such as Christmas roses or those in the genera Crocus, Cyclamen, Galanthus or Narcissus (5) |
| DRIFT | Deep wind-driven bank of the cold white matter described in 16 Across; or, a blanket of flowers such as Christmas roses or those in the genera Crocus, Cyclamen, Galanthus or Narcissus (5) |
| SANDDEVIL | A chiefly Canadian word for a rare winter meteorological phenomenon characterised by a whirling blizzardy vortex of the cold white graupel described in 16 Across (4,5) |
| INGRAM | Charles, disgraced former British major and the subject of the play Quiz, later adapted for TV (6) |
| PENCIL | Writing implement used for crosswords, Pictionary, Scrabble, Battleship, noughts and crosses ... (6) |
| ARTLAB | Class for drawing and painting |
| KETTLE | Kitchen implement used for boiling water (6) |
| HOCKEY | Handy implement used for bullying (6,5) |
| TRACED | Like some drawings and telephone numbers |
| ESPERANTO | Invention described in the 1887 book "Unua Libro" (and the subject of this puzzle's quotation) |
| TSQUARE | Ruler used in technical drawing for drawing horizontal lines (1-6) |
| SETSQUARE | Tool in the shape of a rightangled triangle used in technical drawing (3,6) |
| GALT | Main character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged and the subject of the constant question, 'Who is |
| MOTH | Insect found in the theme entries (and the subject of a famous joke told by Norm Macdonald) |
| CARDS | Implements used for untangling wool used in table games |
| TOOLS | General word for implements used for DIY or gardening (5) |
| HOOKS | Implements used for crochet; or, catchy phrases in pop songs (5) |
