| FLAXEN | It's pale yellow and loose in Slough |
| PRIMROSE | Name, from Old French and Latin for "first flower", in allusion to its appearance in early spring, for a meadow or woodland bloom related to cowslip, cyclamen and pimpernel; or, its pale-yellow hue (8 |
| RELAXED | Calm and loose in the grass (7) |
| LILAC | Broccoli, lacking in its pale purple shade? (5) |
| PERONI | Italian brewery known for its Pale Lager |
| ALBA | Salix - - - -, white willow named for its pale silver leaf undersides (4) |
| LIGHT | It's pale, and easy to take (5) |
| OBECHE | A tree native to West Africa, grown for its pale-coloured wood (6) |
| MATAI | The black pine of New Zealand (Prumnopitys taxifolia), grown for its pale timber, is also known as this (5) |
| BALSA | Fast-growing tropical American tree valued for its pale lightweight timber; Ochroma lagopus (5) |
| WAN | One points out that's it's pale (3) |
| CREAM | Turn the coat round again. It's pale-coloured (5) |
| PAJAMAS | Jacket and loose trousers for sleeping in (7) |
| PYJAMAS | Jacket and loose trousers for sleeping in (7) |
| STAN | Name found in 'fast and loose" |
| RUTH | This Morning and Loose Women presenter Ms Langsford can be seen in Beirut hotel (4) |
| ILKA | "Fast and Loose" star Chase |
| FUDGES | Plays fast and loose with, as data |
| FLAX | Plant that's loud and loose (4) |
| INHASTE | Fast and loose she ain't (2,5) |
