| TORQUEMADA | Ornament with cross given to a torturer |
| TORMENTOR | Had little time to rent room to a torturer (9) |
| LATEX | Dead cross, given rubbery material |
| DICTATOR | Some indict a torturer, a ruthless leader |
| PULLONESLEG | What a torturer might do, as a joke? (4,4,3) |
| TASSEL | Tuft-like ornament with a variety of uses such as a key fob, curtain tie or to decorate a loafer, mortarboard or keffiyeh headdress (6) |
| ORMOLU | Gilded ornament with room to change, with only half luck (6) |
| BROOCH | Ornament with a hinged pin and catch, worn fastened to clothing (6) |
| EMBOSS | Word used to mean carve, mould or stamp in relief; ornament with raised work; or, cover with protuberances (6) |
| ENDEARING | Adorable object, an ornament with a hole in the middle (9) |
| EMBROIDER | To ornament with needlework (9) |
| BEJEWEL | To ornament with gems (7) |
| GNOME | Garden ornament with a beard? (5) |
| FRET | To ornament with interlaced work (4) |
| GARDENGNOME | Lawn ornament with a pointy hat |
| THUMBSCREW | Torturer chucked around - what was it? - a science degree (10) |
| SADIST | Torturer is beginning to tremble after feeling sorrow |
| CAPTOR | To recap, torturer included one taking by force (6) |
| AMONG | A garden ornament with bit chipped off is put back in the middle (5) |
| CROW | Bird in head ornament with tail knocked off |
