| TEABALL | Perforated metal device used to steep Earl Grey or Darjeeling |
| DRESSSTUDS | Small metal devices used to fasten clothes (5,5) |
| INFUSER | A pot or perforated metal ball in which to steep tea leaves or herbs (7) |
| MARINADE | It's used to steep perhaps in a dream (8) |
| RAMROD | Metal device used for forcing down the charge of a muzzle-loading firearm (6) |
| TEA | Earl Grey or Darjeeling for example |
| CLAMP | Metal device often used to hold things firmly together on boat (5) |
| SHOETREE | Wooden or metal device inserted into footwear to maintain its shape (4,4) |
| MARINATE | Place food in an alcoholic mixture or pickle to steep before cooking (8) |
| BALLANDCHAIN | Weighty metal device formerly attached to prisoners (4, 3, 5) |
| SPUR | Metal device that may be attached to a riding boot |
| TEABREAK | A short breather, recess or rest for Assam, Earl Grey or other such cuppa during a working day (3,5) |
| CHAI | Judaism's symbol of life; or, sweet milky Assam, Ceylon or Darjeeling tea infused with a masala of cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger etc (4) |
| TEACUP | Container for Earl Grey or English Breakfast (6) |
| BLACKTEA | Beverage such as Earl Grey or lapsang souchong |
| MACERATE | To steep, soften in liquid (8) |
| FJORD | Former American president touring Japan goes to steep inlet of sea (5) |
| BUTTE | Maybe goat without tail comes to steep-sided hill (5) |
| CRAG | Crash close to steep slope (4) |
| RAMP | Crash close to steep slope (4) |
