| BARREL | Item made by a cooper; belly of a horse; or, the quill of a feather (6) |
| SPINES | The quills of a hedgehog (6) |
| TWO | Number of days before the quills of a newborn porcupine hardens |
| GIRTH | Strap around the belly of a horse securing the saddle (5) |
| CALAMUS | Quill of a feather |
| PACE | Meaning "stretch of the leg", a step; the distance covered by said stride; a gait of a horse; or, the rate of cantering, running, walking etc (4) |
| MANE | Related to Old High German for "necklace", a word for the encolure of a horse or the crest hair of a lion (4) |
| FOREQUARTERS | Parts of a horse, or the whole lot, one might say |
| COVERT | A secret shelter for game; a feather concealing the quill-bases of a wing's frame; or, a flock of the wild rails that are synonymous with bald or inane (6) |
| GALLOP | Fastest gait or pace of a horse; or, a ride on said equid at said speed (6) |
| SADDLE | A seat fastened on the back of a horse or other animal for riding (6) |
| TROUGH | Manger for livestock or horses; or, the lowest point of an ocean wave (6) |
| FLOATS | Buoyant things, such as the balls of ballcocks, corks/quills of fishing-lines, dolphins for mooring, lifebelts, rafts or scoops of ice cream in cola (6) |
| SHY | A gibe or a sneer; an attempt; a fling at a fairground coconut; a toss of a shiny ball; or, a sudden swerving aside of a horse or recoil of a veritable willyard wallflower (3) |
| ARROWS | Items made by a fletcher (6) |
| PAUNCH | Beer belly of a being consumed by drink (6) |
| SPINE | Heartwood of a tree; a quill of a hedgehog; a bound edge of a book; a series of vertebrae; or, courage (5) |
| STICKS | Quills of cinnamon bark; bows for fiddles; supports for candles; or, hurdles in steeplechasing (6) |
| CLOCK | Fluffy seed head of a dandelion; the name of the diminutive family in Mary Nortons novel The Borrowers; or, an item made by a horologist (5) |
| YOGURT | Dairy item made by bacterial fermentation |
