| CIDERAPPLE | Placed ripe for brewing Kingston Black, for one (5,5) |
| APPLES | Orchard fruits whose traditional Somerset cider varieties include Chisel Jersey, Dabinett, Harry Masters, Kingston Black and Yarlington Mill (6) |
| SEA | Black for one short layer of coal (3) |
| COLOURFAST | Black, for example: speedy, but now unlikely to run (6-4) |
| WHEELIEBIN | Bag round tip that is black, for refuse collector |
| BIRETTA | Square clerical cap with three or four raised peaks, black for priests, purple for bishops and red for cardinals (7) |
| SQUIB | One producing ink, almost black, for lampoon |
| BOOING | Expressing disapproval for courtship, swapping black for white (6) |
| SALT | One teaspoon, pink or black, for emphasis |
| ROLE | Jack Black, for Jack Black (in 2011's The Muppets) |
| ERS | Settings for "The Pitt" and "Code Black," for short |
| MODELT | Car that only came in black for 10 years |
| BATON | Wearing something black for Halloween? Give us a twirl! (5) |
| TEAS | Green and black, for two |
| LAB | Dog breed that might be chocolate or black, for short |
| GREYSCALE | Range of shades from white to black for printing |
| BOMBAZINE | Twilled fabric formerly worn dyed black for mourning (9) |
| BUILT | Made bedspread black for queen (5) |
| ARTS | They're black for witches |
| SEAS | The Red and the Black, for two |
