| FUSES | Safety devices a leader of fashion employs |
| FLO | Behold, following a leader of fashion, there's a girl (3) |
| FLOCKS | Gatherings of hair by a leader of fashion (6) |
| FUN | Enjoyable bit of lunch with a leader of fashion (3) |
| FIT | A leader of fashion gets it at the gym, perhaps (3) |
| BLOWAFUSE | See red shirt-like garment adorning wife, a leader of fashion |
| FUSE | Safety device a fathead has to employ (4) |
| AVANTGARDE | Leaders of fashion have a sort of advantage, right? |
| WHIMWHAM | From reduplication and "to let the eyes wander", a word for a trinket; a ridiculous notion; an odd device; a sudden fancy or caprice; or, an 18th-century version of a trifle (4-4) |
| TRENDSETTER | Leader of fashion |
| PACESETTER | Leader of fashion with due deference to yours truly (10) |
| FINAL | Ultimate leader of fashion in central Mali (5) |
| THROWBACKS | Those two torture devices a for Spooner a they belong to bygone times (10) |
| HANDCUFFS | Restraining devices a new police officer shows irritation about |
| BALANCES | Weighty devices a bachelor cleans badly (8) |
| EARPHONES | Listening devices a lawman perfects |
| HARROWS | Agricultural devices: a public school's? (7) |
| BEAUNASH | Celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain (4,4) |
| WHIP | Political party discipline o cial; a crop-like device; a mousse-like pudding; or, the backbone of a windmill sail (4) |
| ENGINE | From the Latin meaning "talent, device", a word for cunning or genius; a weapon such as a ballista, battering ram or scorpion; or, a car's motor (6) |
