| RATSTAIL | Thin plait of hair (4,4) |
| DISTRESS | Little Diana's plait of hair creates extreme anxiety (8) |
| QUEUE | Heraldic term for the tail of a beast originally, later a pigtail or long braid/plait of hair; hence a chain, file or tailback of people or other things (5) |
| STRESS | Importance of short plait of hair (6) |
| TRESS | A plait of hair (5) |
| BREDE | Plait of hair, old-style |
| PIGTAIL | Plait of hair behind head (7) |
| BRAID | Brother requires help for plait of hair (5) |
| TRESSES | Plaits of hair |
| WISP | Small bundle or plait of hay or straw as a traditional means of polishing or strapping a horse; flock of snipe; a fine streak of smoke; or, a short word for the ignis fatuus (4) |
| RUCHE | A flounce, frill or ruffle whose name derives from "tree bark" or from "beehive", latterly in allusion to the plaits of straw used to make a skep (5) |
| CUE | A pigtail, plait or twist of hair at the back of the head, hence a long thin stick for snooker; the last words of an actor's speech, serving as an intimation to the next histrio to speak; or, any prom |
| PONYTAIL | On head of youth in woven plait - is it? (8) |
| DOUBLING | Plait |
| TRESSURE | From "to plait", a shield's orle-like subordinary, typically borne double and flowered with fleurs-de-lys (8) |
| DEPILATED | Without hair, plait changed indeed (9) |
| PLEAT | Plait-plait (5) |
| ABRADE | Scour - a plait, by the sound of it? (6) |
| LOAF | Known in French as "miche" and kneaded into shapes including boule, pave, bloomer, cob, split tin or plait, a standard quantity of baked bread (4) |
| EMBROIDERY | Based on "weave, plait", a word for the art or pastime of ornamenting fabric with needlework; the fancywork created; diversity or variegation; or, invented fanciful embellishment in reporting, storyte |
