| NEEDLEFUL | Quantity of thread required to secure borders of lace |
| HEMSTITCH | Using this to secure borders, so it's said |
| STRANDS | Slit ends, darns roughly, thread required (7) |
| CRIMP | Policeman sent up to secure border bend |
| ATEASE | Relaxed about extra secure borders |
| OBESE | Very heavy order from British having secure borders |
| HAMMERSTEIN | Lyricist criticises money required to secure opening of Evita |
| WHIST | Small amount required to secure second 24 (5) |
| ACRE | Measure required to secure some extra credit (4) |
| CAPTAIN | Better money required to secure a team leader |
| WRIT | Ingenuity required to secure right warrant (4) |
| LINEOF | Measures required to secure new jumpers ___ I stand by it as the easiest way (4,2,5,10) |
| EDGE | Landed gentry secure border (4) |
| EPHEMERA | Secure border in record time — they’ll soon be gone |
| NEEDFUL | Length of thread but no hems of lace required |
| DOILY | Name of an old woollen material introduced by a 17th-century London draper that later transferred to an ornamental mat of lace or lace-like paper (5) |
| LAPPET | One of a pair of pendants of lace or muslin dangling from a historical style of indoor headdress or cap (6) |
| TAGS | Word for aglets of laces, flaps of garments, ID discs for dogs/soldiers, matted locks of sheep, refrains of songs, tips of tails, tie-on labels or other dangling, hanging or pendant things (4) |
| CASCADE | A series of small waterfalls over rocks; or, something reminiscent of this, such as abundant ruffles of lace or trailing pink bougainvillea (7) |
| ALENCON | Noted for the "queen of laces and the lace of queens", the capital of Normandy's Orne department (7) |
