| ROPES | Strings of pearls or onions; or, parties of climbers joined together (5) |
| LIANA | Climber joined the Brazilian army (5) |
| BORON | An element to be found in rhubarb or onions (5) |
| MUSTERS | Assemblages or displays of troops; round-ups of livestock in Oz or down under; or, parties of peacocks (7) |
| STRAND | A string of pearls or beads; poetic word for a shore; or, one of the two chains forming the double helix of DNA (6) |
| ROPE | A string of pearls; or, thick cord used for boxing rings, funambulism, hammocks, tree swings or for ladders leading to boats or tree houses (4) |
| TODD | Titular protagonist of the 1847 play The String of Pearls; or, The Fiend of Fleet Street by English dramatist George Dibdin Pitt (7,4) |
| SWEENEY | Titular protagonist of the 1847 play The String of Pearls; or, The Fiend of Fleet Street by English dramatist George Dibdin Pitt (7,4) |
| RAINBOW | ___ coalition, a political alliance between minority groups or parties of varying opinions (7) |
| ALA | ___ provencale (with garlic or onions) |
| PEARL | Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl. |
| SECTS | (Religious) followings; schools of opinion; dissenting cliques, factions or parties; or, classes of people (5) |
| NACRE | Mother-of-pearl or a shellfish which yields it (5) |
| GRAIN | Unit of mass equal to a seed of com; 1/4 of a carat formerly used to measure diamonds/pearls; or, a unit used to weigh archers' arrows (5) |
| CHAMP | In Ulster, a dish of mashed potatoes and spring onions or leeks (5) |
| GUIDE | Mountaineer in charge of a group of climbers (5) |
| PILAU | Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes. |
| IVIED | Compete in Idaho with lots of climbers? (5) |
| FOCAL | Footprints of climbers all leading initially towards the centre (5) |
| BULBS | Onions or lights, eg (5) |
