| BITS | Snaffles, pelhams etc for bridles, traditionally made by lorimers (4) |
| ALPHAMALES | Assemble letters only from Pelham's top dogs (5,5) |
| RIM | Lorimer's lip |
| SHOE | U-shaped device traditionally made by a blacksmith and fitted to a horse's hoof by a farrier (4) |
| LACE | A delicate fabric traditionally made by needles or bobbins (4) |
| GROG | Drink traditionally made by mixing rum and water (4) |
| TACK | Collective word for saddlery, bridles, bits etc for equestrianism (4) |
| HORN | Laura Lorimer in A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman Of Stone (6,4) |
| TOAD | Fox snaffles one layer of eggs (4) |
| NAFF | Snaffle-bit may be unacceptable (4) |
| SAFE | Snaffle now and then to render harmless (4) |
| SHAW | Robert of "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" |
| PLUM | Nickname of former England Test cricketer Pelham Warner |
| NYPD | Org. that employs Anthony Piscotti, in The Taking of Pelham 123 |
| ECHO | Screech owls snaffle parrot (4) |
| FLAN | Snaffle some pie (4) |
| REIN | Direction in which a rider turns on their horse; or, either of a pair of straps attached to a bridle's bit (4) |
| TACKROOM | Place next to a stable for bridles, saddles, riding hats, boots and other equestrian kit (4,4) |
| BRIDLE | Horse's leather headgear with a bit, traditionally made by a lorimer (6) |
| SNAFFLES | D-ringed bits for bridles sometimes emulated on loafers; or, the nickname of the military, racing and equestrian artist Charles Johnson Payne (8) |
