| MONEYCOWRIE | Sea snail used as a means of payment, once regarded as a symbol of wealth and power in Asia, Africa and Oceania (5,6) |
| DURRA | Variety of sorghum grown in Asia/Africa for grain, fodder (5) |
| ORTOLAN | A migratory bunting, once regarded as a delicacy (7) |
| CREDITCARD | Counsellor briefly turns tide on Jack, for example, as a means of payment (6,4) |
| ABALONE | Chinese symbol of wealth |
| SILVERSPOON | Symbol of wealth at birth (6,5) |
| PEONY | Chinese symbol of wealth |
| MAGNATE | Man of wealth and power can get a man in trouble (7) |
| ICONIC | Relating to, or characteristic of a person regarded as a symbol of a belief. (6) |
| STOCKADE | A barrier of wooden posts used as a means of confining animals (8) |
| RUDDERS | Which hinged plates at the sterns of ships are used as a means of steering (7) |
| HEDGEHOG | What small mammal, found in Europe, Asia, Africa and New Zealand, is covered in both hair and protective spines? (8) |
| NABOB | Man of wealth and power |
| MANTLE | Shawl or cloak regarded as a symbol a person's power or authority (6) |
| BROWN | Burnt colour once regarded as dark, dull, gloomy or sombre, thus symbolic of deep absent-minded melancholic study or abstracted meditation (5) |
| PIDGIN | Simplified language used as a means of communication between speakers of different languages (6) |
| BOHEA | A black Chinese tea once regarded as the choicest grade (5) |
| PEARL | The June birthstone, regarded as a symbol of purity (5) |
| FLATCAP | Headwear regarded as a symbol of the working class (4,3) |
| JOURNALBOX | Case often used as a means of retaining lubricant (7-3) |
