| SHEETS | Lines for adjusting the trim of sails; cotton or linen mattress covers; or, signatures in printing (6) |
| GROWTH | Grand file for the trim of beard, for instance (6) |
| CROWN | Winder on the side of a wristwatch for adjusting the time; or, the five-pointed logo of Rolex (5) |
| WITNESS | Someone confirming a document or signature's validity |
| TOPPER | A good sort; a stovepipe or silk hat; a mattress cover; or, a joke or remark that caps the one before (6) |
| SHEET | A leaf of paper; a mattress cover; or, a pane of glass (5) |
| PETITION | List of signatures in support of a cause (8) |
| CONTACTLESS | A payment system using data technology not requiring customers' PINs or signatures (11) |
| PSS | They come after signatures in snail mail |
| FORGEDAHEAD | Prepared false signatures in advance? |
| LAWN | From an alteration of dialect for "glade" or "pasture", a word for an area of grass or camomile in a garden or park; or, a fine cloth of cambric, cotton or linen (4) |
| SHIFT | 19th-century chemise made of homespun cotton or linen; a movement of the hand on a violin's fingerboard; or, a change in the direction of true wind in sailing (5) |
| TAPE | A thin strip of cotton or linen for binding, fastening or for embroidering with one's name; a length of cellulose for sticking; a long cloth or metal ruler for carpentry, dressmaking, tailoring etc; a |
| TOILE | Cotton or linen dress fabric; dressmaker's test garment or "muslin"; or, the abbreviated name of a type of cloth printed with pastoral scenes or chinoiserie (5) |
| SHADES | Portraits in silhouette; hues mixed with black; short word for light-bulb covers; or, literary word for ghosts (6) |
| MEMBRANE | Pliable sheet of tissue that covers or connects the organs/cells of animals and plants (8) |
| WINDER | Word for a step of a spiral staircase; a knob or key for adjusting a clock/watch; a bobbin or spool; a twisting plant; or, a horn-blower (6) |
| BRODERIE | - anglaise; open embroidery in the form of a series of eyelets forming floral patterns on white cotton or linen (8) |
| BUCKRAM | Cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size for bookbinding, millinery or interfacing garments; or, by extension, rigidity of manner (7) |
| GILTEDGED | Italian article in sports car with a trim of the highest quality (4,5) |
