| THREAD | Strand of twisted cotton or silk fibres for needlework; helical groove of a screw; or, a series of messages on an internet forum (6) |
| LISLE | Type of twisted cotton yarn |
| YARN | Strand of twisted fibres |
| DENIER | Unit of the fineness of nylon, rayon or silk fibres, often used to describe the thickness of hosiery |
| TWIST | A cotton or silk thread; a mixed drink; a spiral-shaped barley sugar, breadstick, sliver of lemon zest or ornament in a wineglass stem; a tangle; or, a bend in a road (5) |
| LACE | From "noose", a cord such as a shoestring or a corset's rat-tail; an ornamental braid; fine openwork of cotton or silk; or, unrelatedly, a dash of brandy added to a coffee/drink (4) |
| STRAND | Any one of the typically six cotton or silk filaments twisted to form thread for embroidery; or, a poetic word for a beach or shore (6) |
| GIMP | Twisted cotton, silk or worsted with cord running through it; a trimming made of this; coarse yarn for outlining lace designs; or, an old type of silk fishing-line, bound with wire (4) |
| LEA | Word for a meadow that is also used to describe a measure of yarn, linen, wool, cotton or silk (3) |
| PARRAMATTA | Fabric with a weft of worsted and a warp of cotton or silk (10) |
| STRIP | Tear the thread or teeth from a screw or gear. (5) |
| UNDO | To take out, like a screw or bolt, for example. (4) |
| EMBROIDERY | Form of needlework using stranded cotton or silk yarns to create samplers, patterns or monograms (10) |
| APPLIQUE | French term for needlework in which fabric shapes are sewn onto a ground to form a pattern or picture (8) |
| PUMPS | Devices such as Archimedean screws, or pistons for inflating tyres or toy balloons; or, plimsolls (5) |
| COMB | Tool for preparing carded cotton or wool fibres for spinning (4) |
| CREPE | A light cotton or silk fabric with a fine ridged or crinkled surface (5) |
| COBURG | Bavarian town near Prince Albert's birthplace; a cake or a round loaf of bread, said to have been named in honour of said consort to Queen Victoria, shortly after their marriage; or, fine worsted with |
| SPINDLES | Rods or sticks with a notch in the top, used to draw out natural fibres for spinning into thread (8) |
| SPINDLE | A rod with a notch in the top, used to draw out natural fibres for spinning into thread (7) |
