| SPLINT | Strip, lath or spelk of pounded ash wood used in basketry, or, an overlapping plate forming armour (6) |
| SPLIT | Largest coastal city in Croatia; a strip of wood used in basketry; or, a pudding consisting of ice cream served between a banana cut lengthwise (5) |
| SCALE | Climb; overlapping plate |
| TASSE | French word for "cup"; or, in plate armour, one of a series of overlapping plates forming a skirtlike protection for the lower trunk and thighs (5) |
| SCALES | Weighing device with a pair of balance pans; or, overlapping plates forming Roman loricae (6) |
| PLASTRON | Bony plate forming the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle (8) |
| LAG | Word for a stave of a barrel; a lath or strip; a wooden lining; a covering for a boiler/pipe; a delay; or, a convict (3) |
| SLAP | Sound of a smack, such as that imitated by a harlequin's double lath; or, theatrical grease paint/pancake (4) |
| QUENELLE | A small seasoned ball of pounded fish or meat (8) |
| POI | A Hawaiian dish of pounded |
| SLAT | Thin narrow piece of wood, plastic, or metal used in an overlapping series as in a fence or venetian blind |
| TURNOVER | An old word for a shawl; a small triangular pastry/pie made by folding the crust around a sweet filling of apple or other fruit; reversal of position; transference; an overlapping part; or, the amount |
| OSIER | Small species of willow or one of its flexible twigs used in basketry (5) |
| ARMOUR | Superseding mail and with a style named after Maximilian I, a set of iron or steel plates forming a knight's battle suit or his horse's barding (6) |
| STRAW | Grain stalks used for bedding, basketry or hat-making; or, linked with "berry" for a fruit traditionally served with fresh cream at Wimbledon (5) |
| STRIP | A lath, ribbon or other long piece; a regular programme; or, a sequence of cartoons in a comic/newspaper (5) |
| DAUB | What mixture is applied to laths or wattles to form a wall? (4) |
| BATS | They're often made of ash wood |
| ERUPTING | Meaning "riding on horseback", description of an overlapping leaf (8) |
| IMBRICATE | Lay tiles e.g. in an overlapping manner (9) |
