| SIXPENCE | Son has 9p - or a little less? |
| CRIB | A model in a Nativity scene of the manger in which the infant Jesus Christ was laid at birth; a wicker basket; a cowshed for oxen; a bin for grain; a card game developed from noddy; or, a little bed f |
| WISP | A flight or flock of snipe; a bundle of hay or straw for shining a horse's coat; or, a little broom (4) |
| SNIP | A bargain; a cinch; a single cut with a pair of scissors; or, a little white patch on a horse's nose (4) |
| POSY | From an old word for verse collectively, a small floral bouquet, nosegay or tussie mussie, often given as a gift; or, a little motto or sentiment inscribed inside a ring (4) |
| PERCH | Branch upon which a bird sleeps standing up; or, according to Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, a 'bold biting fish' to be caught with a minnow or a little frog (5) |
| PUG | An old word for a fox; an informal name for a boxer; an animal's footprint; or, a little carlin with a curled tail and a wrinkled face, whose snorts and snuffles inspired its collective name "grumble" |
| SCALLOP | A mollusc with a fan-shaped shell; one of its valves, as a pilgrim's badge; or, a little dish, potato fritter or wavy edge, like said fluted shell (7) |
| TESTER | Historically, a person employed to prove the innocuousness of food by eating it before serving it to their master or mistress; or, a little cup for a person who is sampling wine (6) |
| TOD | Word, based on a name for a frog's porwiggle, for a jot; or, a little boy (3) |
| AROMA | Or a little mother has a distinctive perfume (5) |
| CALF | It's a little higher than the ankle - or a little lower! |
| ENOUGH | Maybe a little more, perhaps a little less (6) |
| DIPLOMA | A little less than a degree, but a qualification nevertheless. (7) |
| ORSO | "Maybe a little less, maybe a little more" |
| CRUSE | An old word for an earthenware jar or pot; or, a little bottle or cup (5) |
| GLOBULE | A small spherical drop of liquid or particle of fat; or, a little pill (7) |
| RAINS | Ruins a picnic or a Little League game, say |
| HUSKY | A dog, or a little hoarse |
| IMP | What can be a mischievous child or a little devil? (3) |
