| GUMBO | Lady's fingers; a dish (5) |
| TWIDDLE | An act of idly tinkering or turning with the fingers; a curly ornament or mark; a small flourish; or, a tilde (7) |
| TOE | Not just for fingers: A person might wear flip flops to show off her jewelry on this body part |
| DIGIT | Finger a sod, on investigator's lead (5) |
| TIP | A helpful or practical hint; a race prediction; a pourboire; a nib; the end of a finger; a leafbud of a tea plant; a rubbish heap; or, a figurative pigsty (3) |
| OKRAS | Lady's fingers played koras (5) |
| RINGCAKE | Baked good whose first word is a circular piece of jewelry: 2 wds. (Theme answer: This answer is a finger + a dessert.) |
| PINKIEPIE | Animated horse whose first four letters spell the color made from red + white: 2 wds. (Theme answer: This answer is a finger + a dessert.) |
| PINKIE | Finger a villain called Brown (6) |
| LUNATICFRINGE | Possibly finger a fanatical element in society |
| DIGITALIS | Bloomer? Using finger, a student is ... (9) |
| PICKPOCKET | It's easy to finger a follower of Fagin. (10) |
| DACTYLIOLOGY | From Greek for "finger", a term for the study or lore of finger-rings or of engraved antique gems (12) |
| GENOISE | An Italian version of a chiffon or sponge, served as a cake in its own right or as the basis of a lady's finger, madeleine or mokatine (7) |
| OKRA | Fine king stands on a lady's fingers (4) |
| AWOMANSTOUCH | Piece of 11 coming from lady's fingers (1,6,5) |
| OCRA | A tropical plant of the mallow family, also known as lady's fingers (4) |
| KIDNEYVETCH | Involved in complaint, I had desire over lady's fingers |
| SPONGE | Genoise-like type of cake used to make boudoir biscuits, lady's fingers and Victoria sandwiches (6) |
| SPONGECAKE | Good for washing someone down with lady's finger for afternoon tea (6,4) |
