| RIEMPIE | Southern African leather thong or lace used mainly to make chair seats. (7) |
| UPHOLSTER | Helps out crooked Republican to make chair (9) |
| CANED | Like some chair seats |
| ANGSTROM | Unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth of a centimetre, used mainly to measure electromagnetic wavelengths and atomic distances (8) |
| ETUDES | Musical compositions, usually instrumental, used mainly to practice technique. |
| TATTING | Knotted lace used for trimming (7) |
| CUTWORK | Elegant textile artistry in the form of applique, broderie anglaise, embroidery or lace with an ornamental pattern of excised portions, eyelets or picots (7) |
| DUDGEON | Archaic word meaning 'a feeling of resentment or anger', now used mainly with the prefix 'in high ___' (7) |
| BRAHMIN | A breed of cattle used mainly for the meat industry and breeding (7) |
| PREPARE | Suit up or lace up, maybe |
| TOWLINE | Rope used mainly in towel form (7) |
| CRYSTAL | ___ bend hook, used mainly for small baits (7) |
| ASPHALT | Dark bituminous substance used mainly for paving (7) |
| STRIP | Word meaning denude, doff, peel, tear off or unclothe; or, a band, belt, rasher, ribbon, sash, shred, thong or other line-like narrow or torn-off piece (5) |
| ORRIS | Root of a species of iris used in perfumery; or, a form of gold or silver lace used as an edging (5) |
| STROP | Word for a leather thong for honing a razor that can also refer to a bad mood or a temper tantrum (5) |
| RUCHE | A strip or pleated or frilled lawn or lace |
| UPHOLSTERER | I'll make chair covers out of bed with an arm-pouch, I'm thinking |
| CLUNY | Town in the Saone-et-Loire department of eastern France that gives its name to a bobbin lace used in clothing etc. (5) |
| STRAPS | Word, related to a term for razor-sharpening thongs or leathers, for long narrow flexible belts, cords, garters, girdles, leashes, looped bands, reins or tethers (6) |
