| BURR | Teasel-like prickly seed case; or, waste raw silk (4) |
| OVOID | Like prickly pears |
| SLOP | A loose cassock, gown, smock or tunic; or, from "cowpat", a muddy place or puddle; spilled, unappetising or waste liquid food; snowy slush; or, wishy-washy sentiment, aka gush (4) |
| CORE | Central seed-case or part of the Earth (4) |
| BURS | Prickly seed cases that might get stuck to your shoelaces |
| ECRU | Resourcefully return with colour of raw silk (4) |
| MIND | Terrible thing for one to lose or waste |
| NOIL | Raw silk |
| BUR | Prickly seed case - in hamburger! (3) |
| BURRO | Prickly seed case opens on a small mule |
| SPILL | To destroy or waste; a slop of upset milk e.g.; a stick or twist of wood or paper for lighting a candle, fire or pipe; or, a tumble from a bike or a horse (5) |
| POD | Seed case or group of whales |
| BURRS | Prickly seed-cases |
| GREIGE | Raw silk; or, the ecru colour of said unbleached/undyed cloth (6) |
| FRITTER | To squander or waste, like scattering little bits or shreds of deep-fried delicacies of battered food (7) |
| POLLUTED | Contaminated with poisonous substances or affected by excessive levels of noise or waste (8) |
| SEWER | A drain or pipe used to carry away surface water or waste matter (5) |
| MARABOU | Largest of the storks; its feathers; or, a type of fine white raw silk (7) |
| RUSTLE | Imitative word for the muffled crackle made by the movement of dry leaves, paper or raw silk (6) |
| DEADHEAD | Eaten by birds including goldfinches, part of the teasel, poppy, rudbeckia or other plant after flowering/fruiting (8) |
