| DENIER | Measurement for the weight and thickness of tights (6) |
| FATHOM | Measurement for the depth of water (6) |
| NYLONS | Unfortunately, the Top Shop in the centre of Axminster only has really old-fashioned types of tights (6) |
| IMPOST | Term for the weight carried by a horse as a handicap in a race (6) |
| LADDER | Row of unravelled stitches on a stocking or a pair of tights (6) |
| WEIGHT | Force of gravity measured in Newtons; the boldness of a typographical font; or, the density or thickness of paper or cloth (6) |
| VOLUME | Book forming part of a series; thickness of a person's hair; or, a dial for adjusting loudness (6) |
| BIOMASS | Form of energy produced from organisms that once lived. It's also the term for the weight or total quantity of living organisms of one animal or plant species or of all the species in a community. (7) |
| PARTLY | Somewhat cunning cutting thickness of rope, say |
| KARAT | The unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy (5) |
| TARE | Adjustment made for the weight of packaging in order to determine the net weight of goods (4) |
| DECIBELS | Units of measurement for the intensity of sounds (8) |
| TARED | Allowed for the weight of the container |
| LOAD | Freight; quantity of laundry in a washing machine; old word for the weight of blows; or, power output (4) |
| POUNDCAKE | Dessert named for the weight of its ingredients |
| LOWCALANESTHETIC | Number for the weight-conscious? |
| BULK | From the Old Norse for "cargo", a ship's freight or hold; the volume of a great size; the main or greater part; any huge body; the thickness of paper; or, dietary fibre/roughage (4) |
| HIGHSTREET | Variety of tights here for sale? (4,6) |
| GAUGE | Distance between the rails of a railway track; the diameter of wire; or, the thickness of sheet metal (5) |
| TOE | Part of a pair of tights |
