| SAMPLER | Piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches (7) |
| SAMPLERS | Pieces of embroidery executed in various stitches, often incorporating the alphabet, as specimens of needlework skill; or, taste-testers (8) |
| SPANGLE | Cover has odd bits of gold, a bit of embroidery and glitter (7) |
| GALLOON | A braid of embroidery, ferret, lace or silk as a trimming for upholstery or clothing, often with bullion thread (7) |
| WORK | Energy transfer measured in joules; a creation such as a book, musical composition or piece of embroidery, sewing etc; or, a structure such as a wall, built as part of a fortification (4) |
| STEMSTITCH | Checks little fellow's piece of embroidery (4,6) |
| AMPLER | Cut top off piece of embroidery, it's more than enough! (6) |
| PICOT | Piece of embroidery - officer breaking mine |
| LAUDABLE | Excellent double comes up, demonstrating skill (8) |
| BARTENDER | Cocktail maker demonstrating skill during drinking session (9) |
| PROFESSIONALISM | Saints in poor semifinal surprisingly demonstrating skill |
| DEFECT | Demonstrating skill and cleverness describing City's failing (6) |
| EXPONENT | One demonstrating skill and power |
| DELFT | Demonstrating skill, having left some pottery |
| TEST | Demonstrating skill (4) |
| ABLY | Demonstrating skill |
| THREAD | A fine strand of embroidery silk, filoselle, floss, genappe, purl, zari or other yarn for needlecraft; one of the filaments of a spider's web; or, alluding to the destiny spun by the Fates, the course |
| LAIDWORK | Finally pick argument with circle about style of embroidery (4,4) |
| FLAMES | Bargello is a kind of embroidery in stitch patterns suggestive of what? (6) |
| HARDANGER | Type of embroidery with cutwork, often using white thread (9) |
