| CATGUT | Material use for musical strings, made from intestines of sheep or horses (but not cats) (6) |
| GUT | Material for violin strings, made from intestines of animals (3) |
| HERON | Bird or horse, but not insects primarily |
| PLURAL | Words such as "sheep" and "deer" (but not "cat" and "dog") can be this (6) |
| TROTTER | Extremity of sheep or horse? (7) |
| FETLOCK | Heat regularly seen in sheep or horse's joint (7) |
| PRINKS | Word imitative of Alka-Seltzer tablets dropping into water, bullets striking metal, piano/xylophone notes or plucked musical strings (6) |
| STRING | A lot of horses, but they don't get into knots (6) |
| ERASER | A bungee whose common name, rubber, refers to its material/use (6) |
| ROAN | Leather coming from a sheep or horse (4) |
| PLECTRUM | A pick or quill with which to pluck, strike or strum musical strings (8) |
| TWINE | String made from two or more twisted strands (5) |
| LINEN | Material use made of nine following Labour leader (5) |
| UNSTABLE | Turn to new place for horses, but was a bit unsteady (8) |
| CLOTH | It is of material use to the clergy (5) |
| PULLONESPUNCHES | Held back some horses, but didn't hit too hard in the ring (4,4,7) |
| LYRES | Old musical strings |
| BRIDLE | What's for horse but not for groom, we understand |
| HAGGIS | A Scottish dish of sheep or calf's offal, mixed with suet, onions and oatmeal and boiled in a bag (6) |
| THAIRM | Trademark protecting musical string (6) |