| PEAG | Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans. |
| WAMPUM | Beads once used as money by Native Americans (6) |
| SHELL | Exoskeleton of a mollusc such as cowrie, studied in conchology and formerly used as money (5) |
| COWRIE | The smooth, polished shells and are prized by collectors. Word that starts with the female in a herd of diary cattle. (6) |
| PROOFCOIN | It's struck by mint from polished dies |
| SEASHELL | Studied or collected in conchology, a calcareous exoskeleton such as the conch used as a trumpet, cowry formerly used as money, or puka for jewellery (8) |
| STORAX | Fragrant resin obtained from the tree Styrax officinalis and formerly used in perfume (6) |
| PORCELAIN | From Italian for "cowrie shell", a white translucent ceramic material with a finish reminiscent of a polished shell; or, chinaware made from this (9) |
| ABACUS | A device used for counting by sliding small beads along rods (6) |
| BEANBAG | Large cushion filled with small beads used as a seat (7) |
| TORTOISES | Chelonians known collectively as a creep whose shells were formerly used as the bodies of lyres (9) |
| CICADAS | Insects that have been used as money, in medicine and to predict the weather (7) |
| DROPLETS | Contents of drums replaced with petrol mixed with small beads (8) |
| DROPLET | A small bead destroyed finally by explosion of petrol (7) |
| FREEWHEEL | Device in vehicle transmissions, formerly used as an economy aid - as in Rover's 'Auntie' P4 - or to smooth out uneven running in two-stroke engines on the overrun (Saab and DKW) (9) |
| SPINDLE | The ___ tree, Euonymus europaeus, of Europe and W. Asia yields a hard wood formerly used as a compon |
| TEREBINTH | A small southern European tree yielding resin formerly used as a source of turpentine |
| LAMPION | Small oil lamp with a coloured glass chimney formerly used as a carriage light. (7) |
| REALGAR | Soft orange-red mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide, formerly used as a rodenticide and in fireworks (7) |
| ORPIMENT | Bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulphide, formerly used as a dye and artist's pigment (8) |
