| CHARANGO | Small lute of South America whose back is traditionally fashioned from the shell of an armadillo (8) |
| JEANS | Boyfriend, flared, low-rise, skinny or straight trousers with a flat-fell seam, traditionally fashioned from the denim from the town of Nimes (5) |
| SCUTUM | Latin word for "shield" that refers to a large oblong Roman example of said piece of armour; a constellation; or, one of the protective plates of an armadillo, insect or turtle (6) |
| BLUETIT | A little lute playing f eatures in it and a singer (4,3) |
| ARMADILLO | A charango is a small Andean guitar traditionally made from the shell of a what? (9) |
| MACE | Spice obtained from the shell of nutmeg (4) |
| DUGOUT | Boat fashioned from the trunk of a tree (6) |
| NUTS | Gingery biscuits; seeds forming pannage or mast; drinking cups made from the shells of coco-palm kernels; or, tiny pieces of ebony at the top of violin fingerboards (4) |
| CHALK | Natural calcium carbonate, formed from the shells of minute marine organisms (5) |
| EUNECTES | Genus of boas found in tropical South America whose name is derived from the Greek for "good swimmer" |
| SURINAME | The only country in South America whose official language is Dutch (8) |
| PLASTRON | Bony plate forming the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle (8) |
| JIPIJAPA | Palmlike plant of central and South America whose leaves are bleached for making panama hats (8) |
| AMMONITE | Fossilised spiral shell of an extinct mollusc common in Lyme Regis or Charmouth (8) |
| COLOMBIA | Country in South America whose coffee farming regions include Armenia and Medellin (8) |
| RECLINER | Armchair whose back can be lowered and the foot raised (8) |
| BOUZOUKI | Long-necked plucked lute of Greece (8) |
| CARAPACE | Name the shell of a tortoise or the like (8) |
| HARDBACK | Difficult to promote volume describing an armadillo? (8) |
| EDENTATE | A mammal without incisor or canine teeth, such as an armadillo (8) |
