| NINON | Lenin once admitted a silk fabric (5) |
| BATTLEAXE | For example, Maggie Thatcher (British prime minister) once admitted a wrong (9) |
| MOIRE | A silk fabric that has a rippled, lustrous finish (5) |
| SATIN | Was installed, in the end, to show off a silk fabric (5) |
| TWIST | A bend in a road; a swindle; a silk thread; a mixed drink; a spiral-shaped barley sugar, roll of bread/tobacco, sliver of lemon zest or wineglass stem; or, a style of hip-gyrating dance (5) |
| WEAVE | We've admitted a hair extension (5) |
| STOLE | Word for a Roman robe originally, later for a silk vestment worn over and hanging from the shoulders; or, a woman's scarf of fur or wool (5) |
| DAMASK | A silk fabric |
| PURSE | You can't make a silk one out of a sow's ear! (5) |
| LASKI | A silk tie for a British socialist |
| ASCOT | "Gold Cup town" whose royal race meet's formality, grandeur and tradition are reflected in a silk cravat or "flourish" for the neck (5) |
| KAPOK | Product of a silk-cotton tree |
| PRINT | Create with a silk-screen |
| SQUARE | A tool for determining a right angle; a cotton flower-bud; a quadrilateral; or, something four-sided, such as a cell in a crossword grid, a chocolate brownie, a formation of troops, a marketplace, a m |
| YOKE | You once admitted reasonable oppression (4) |
| GRANTED | Admitted a little old lady with a familiar name (7) |
| CASINO | Where there is no end of cash, and, once admitted, nothing in the end (6) |
| BONEMEAL | One admitted a Nobel explosive leads to pulverised body parts (8) |
| AGREED | Admitted a strong desire (6) |
| MORTALSIN | People admitted a serious fault |
