| SETTS | The patterns and number of threads/colours forming tartan (5) |
| DAYMARK | the pattern and color of a lighthouse, making it visible to mariners during the day |
| RING | Any one of five interconnected circles in five colours forming the symbol of the Olympic Games (4) |
| EATERIES | Takes in surroundings, a great lake and number of restaurants (8) |
| DOTS | Signals combined with dashes in Morse code; or, the specks of colour forming pointillistic paintings (4) |
| NORFOLK | County whose habitats include broads, breck heaths, fens, meres, salt marshes, mudflats, ponds, pingos and number of others in its nature reserve at Holkham (7) |
| SCARLET | Colour forming a literary hero with 3D |
| MORAY | Marine eel marked with brilliant patterns and colours such as the Ribbon ? or Turkey ? (5) |
| ODOUR | Cry off from corduroy, in pattern and smell! (5) |
| GRAIN | Pattern and texture in wood (5) |
| CHECK | A chess king's position of peril that came to mean a mark of verification; or, the pattern on a chessboard (5) |
| NCKEL | 1866 debut, and a hint to the pattern created by the puzzle's special squares |
| TOILE | French word for "cloth", used to refer to the plain fabric used to create the pattern or muslin for a couture or made-to-measure garment (5) |
| POLKA | One may spot the pattern this dance takes (5) |
| MODEL | It is the pattern for a poem in 1050 (5) |
| TREADS | The patterns incised in the rubber surfaces of wheels to improve traction by expelling water between them and the road |
| SYNTAX | Name the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words in a particular language (6) |
| FAIRISLE | Traditional style of knitwear with patterns and multiple colours (4,4) |
| PROSODY | The patterns of rhythm and sound in poetry (7) |
| DESIGNS | The editor returns and puts his name on the patterns (7) |
