| SRILANKA | Ran a silk works somewhere in the Indian Ocean (3,5) |
| OPPORTUNIST | One taking advantage of work somewhere in Africa in harbour (11) |
| FRENCHPOLYNESIA | Chaperones fly in needing work somewhere in South Pacific (6,9) |
| SOCOTRA | Scoot off to find artist somewhere in the Indian Ocean (7) |
| SEYCHELLES | Audibly mention what turtles have somewhere in the Indian Ocean (10) |
| CHRISTMASISLAND | Fellow with broken mast is to come ashore somewhere in the Indian Ocean (9,6) |
| GLOSSOP | Paint work somewhere in Derbyshire |
| TRAPDOOR | --- --- spider, arachnid that constructs a silk-lined hole in the ground closed by a hinged flap in order to catch its prey (4-4) |
| SKULLCAP | Plant in the mint family; or, a helmet worn by an equestrian/ jockey, often with a silk (8) |
| MANTILLA | Worker on cash register with a silk scarf made in Madrid (8) |
| DRYCLEAN | Washing instruction on a silk blouse's tag: Hyph. |
| CHAMBERS | Where to find a silk cloth's hem with golden colours |
| SQUARE | A tool for determining a right angle; a cotton flower-bud; a quadrilateral; or, something four-sided, such as a cell in a crossword grid, a chocolate brownie, a formation of troops, a marketplace, a m |
| TWIST | A bend in a road; a swindle; a silk thread; a mixed drink; a spiral-shaped barley sugar, roll of bread/tobacco, sliver of lemon zest or wineglass stem; or, a style of hip-gyrating dance (5) |
| FLORENTINE | A meat pie, a Medici, a silk fabric, a spinach dish or a half-chocolate half-glace-cherry-and-nut delicacy, all from the city of the Uffizi Gallery (10) |
| RUSTLE | What is either the sound made by movement in a silk dress or the stealing of livestock? (6) |
| STOLE | Word for a Roman robe originally, later for a silk vestment worn over and hanging from the shoulders; or, a woman's scarf of fur or wool (5) |
| SATIN | Was installed, in the end, to show off a silk fabric (5) |
| EAR | According to the proverb, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ... |
| TABARD | Medieval knight's surcoat; a herald's emblazoned tunic; or, a silk banner attached to a bugle (6) |
