| LURCHERS | Skulkers; or, crossbred greyhounds traditionally used for rabbiting (8) |
| COWARDS | Skulkers |
| TOMS | Alley skulkers |
| GOSSIPED | Spies dog out of control -- was rabbiting (8) |
| VERBIAGE | Extremely depleted bag, ie awfully bad result of rabbiting? (8) |
| SMOCKING | Embroidery technique in the form of a series of honeycomb stitches, traditionally used for the cuffs, bodices or yokes of rural tunics or girls' dresses (8) |
| EBENISTE | French word for a cabinetmaker who finishes or veneers furniture with a layer of the dark wood traditionally used for black piano keys (8) |
| PUTCHERS | Conical basketwork traps of hazel or willow, traditionally used for catching salmon (8) |
| WAFFLING | Forewarn to back off a beardie rabbiting on |
| MARBLING | Method of patterning traditionally used for endpapers in books (8) |
| COCKAPOO | A dog crossbred between a cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle (8) |
| SPRINGER | _____ spaniel, a breed of gun dog traditionally used for flushing and retrieving game (8) |
| COMBINED | Crossbred |
| MATELESS | Crossbred |
| BAIZE | Word that derives from French for "chestnut-coloured" or "reddishbrown", yet is used to describe "virid" felt-like cloth traditionally used for aprons, billiard/card-tables or doors (5) |
| YATTERING | Rabbiting on? Try eating for a change |
| YACKING | Ticking away? Don't wait for it to become 'rabbiting'! (7) |
| LINEN | Cloth or thread woven or spun from flax, traditionally used for household textiles or lacemaking (5) |
| SWANSDOWN | A cob, "cygnus" or pen's fine fluffy under-plumage traditionally used for muffs, pelerines, powder puffs or trimmings; a mixed fabric of wool and silk/cotton; or, a flannelette-like cloth formerly use |
| KAPOK | Fibre of the ceiba or silk-cotton tree, traditionally used for acoustical damping or for stuffing life jackets, pillows, rag dolls, teddy bears etc (5) |
