| TONS | Lots of cotton socks |
| TIMID | Returned lots of cotton — it's shrinking |
| BALE | Lot of cotton |
| COT | There's a lot of cotton where baby sleeps |
| CHINO | Cotton sock on foot of commando (5) |
| REWARD | The Teardrop Explodes single which begins "Bless my cotton socks, I'm in the news" |
| LEAS | Poetic word for arable lands, meadows or pasture; or, measures of 80 yards of wool, 120 yards of cotton/silk or 300 yards of linen (4) |
| MOPS | Wads or bundles of cotton or synthetic material fastened to the end of a stick, for cleaning of floors |
| LACE | From "noose", a cord such as a shoestring or a corset's rat-tail; an ornamental braid; fine openwork of cotton or silk; or, unrelatedly, a dash of brandy added to a coffee/drink (4) |
| YARN | The story of cotton? (4) |
| SWAB | Piece of cotton to cleanse a wound (4) |
| BOLL | Seed capsule of cotton and others (4) |
| LINT | Flint is mostly composed of cotton fibre (4) |
| SARI | Traditional Indian dress fashioned from a length of cotton or silk (4) |
| 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 |
| WICK | Dialect for a creek, dairy farm, hamlet or village; or, related to "roll of lint, yarn", a long twist of cotton fibres by which a candle or lamp's flame is fed or fuelled with beeswax, oil or tallow ( |
| QTIP | Question how to dispose of cotton bud (1-3) |
| SPUN | (Of cotton/wool) twisted into threads |
| EURO | Its banknotes are made of cotton fiber |
| WADS | Balls of cotton |
