| POULTICE | Soft heated mass spread on cloth and applied to an injury (8) |
| PLASTER | Medicinal preparation spread on cloth and applied on an injured part of the body |
| COMPRESS | Mass of gauze, lint or towelling formed or squeezed into the shape of a pad and applied firmly to a wound (8) |
| GRUMBLES | Had a beef, note, on spirit - and applied leeches (8) |
| ATTENDED | Came along and applied oneself to |
| SERGEANT | He orders cloth and a book collection (8) |
| FRAGMENT | Footmen hold old cloth and type of shirt piece (8) |
| HANDSAWS | Trimmed cloth and saw sharp tools. (8) |
| REPAIRED | Mended the cloth and dried it (8) |
| STRAGGLY | Untidy, squalid room full of cloth and girl's skirts |
| MINISTRY | Short skirts make demands on cloth (8) |
| SELVEDGE | Finished border on cloth |
| THETRUTH | Lying on cloth, white meat I cut, odd bits of herb scattered about (10,4,3,5) |
| TIEDYING | Producing coloured patterns on cloth (3-5) |
| PACK | Bag kept in freezer and applied to reduce swelling (3,4) |
| ICE | Bag kept in freezer and applied to reduce swelling (3,4) |
| EXTROVERTED | Turned out and applied to keep most of treasure |
| SWELLUP | Increase in size, often due to an injury (5,2) |
| PASCAL | SI unit of pressure, equal to one newton applied to an area of one square metre (6) |
| UPLANDS | What name is sometimes applied to an area of high or hilly ground? (7) |
