| CUTS | Reductions in costs; power outages; canals; or, the shapes of garments or carved gemstones (4) |
| HEMS | The finished edges of garments or drapery which have been folded or rolled under and sewn down (4) |
| FORMATS | The layouts of newspapers and novels etc; or, the shapes or sizes in which said publications are issued (7) |
| WRAP | Type of garment or sandwich |
| ATLANTICOCEAN | Confused notice at canal, or the pond |
| JADE | Carved gemstone |
| CAMEO | Carved gemstone |
| KNOT | Unit of nautical speed; an intricately-designed flower bed or parterre; or, the shape of a pretzel (4) |
| ROUT | Overwhelming hammering locally in the middle of power outages (4) |
| DOME | Large cupola; hemispherical roof; or, the shape of a cloche for covering seedings, candles, taxidermy etc (4) |
| PEAK | Summit of a mountain; brim of a cap; or, the shape into which an egg white is beaten for meringue (4) |
| PINS | Miniature tacks used in dressmaking and tailoring; skittles; narrow brooches for fastening garments or securing hats; or, a short word for pastry rollers (4) |
| MAUI | Hawaiian island or the shape-shifting demigod in Moana |
| TORES | Convex moulding at the base of a classical column; geometric surface in the form of a ring doughnut or bagel; or, the shape of a tokamak (5) |
| FLAGS | Items forming bunting; the shapes of the tails of retriever and setter breeds; or. yellow irises (5) |
| WOES | Email virus, power outage, etc. |
| COUP | Power outage? |
| RUDE | During power outage, old maid becomes naughty |
| PETTICOAT | Foundation garment or underskirt with flared gores or panels reflected in the shapes of triangular buttery biscuit wedges called shortbread tails (9) |
| BRICKS | Blocks forming walls; or, Delftware vases in the shapes of such (6) |
