| SHAGREEN | The rough, untanned skin of asses, sharks or rays, often used in bookbinding (8) |
| BROGUES | What rough, untanned leather shoes were formerly worn in parts of rural Ireland and Scotland? (7) |
| RAWHIDE | Name the untanned skin of cattle or the like (7) |
| RACHAEL | Ray often seen over a range |
| MARBLING | Using pigments and carrageen moss as a stabiliser, a method of patterning paper which is traditionally used in bookbinding for endpapers (8) |
| GOLDLEAF | Thin precious metal used in bookbinding etc (4,4) |
| RAWHIDES | Untanned skins |
| ROLL | A cylinder of gift-wrap or other paper; a strip of cloth or leather with pockets for paintbrushes, pencils, sewing kits or tools; or, a type of brass gilding wheel used in bookbinding (4) |
| INFESTED | Swarming with sharks or teeming with termites |
| MULL | Verb meaning to pulverise or crumble; to spice, sweeten and warm ale or wine; to ponder; or, as a noun, a bungle, mess or muddle; soft muslin used in bookbinding; or, a Scottish word for a promontory |
| PENCIL | An artist's fine paintbrush or individual style in drawing; a stick of graphite or kohl; a narrow beam of light; or, an aggregate of lines or rays, converging to a point (6) |
| FLORET | Each of the petals or rays of a chrysanthemum or daisy; or, a stem forming part of a head of broccoli (6) |
| MANEATER | Certain shark or tiger |
| PREDATOR | Shark or T. rex |
| ROAN | A colour of a horse's coat with variations including bay, blue, red and strawberry; or, a variety of leather used in bookbinding (4) |
| SIGNATURE | Autograph or handwritten name; distinctive mark; a letter or numeral at the foot of a page in bookbinding; or, a dish characteristic of a chef (9) |
| ALBUMEN | Substance commonly called egg white or glair when used in bookbinding (7) |
| BUCKRAM | Cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size and used in bookbinding (7) |
| GANG | The Sharks or the Jets in West Side Story |
| ESTOILE | In heraldry, a star with wavy points or rays, usually six in number (7) |
