| TATTER | Torn and hanging shred of a garment |
| TATTERS | Torn and hanging shreds of garment |
| SHARED | Got a shred of a shred |
| STOLE | Word for a Roman robe originally, later for a silk vestment worn over and hanging from the shoulders; or, a woman's scarf of fur or wool (5) |
| OFFCUT | An end of timber, ort of food, remnant of carpet/cloth/fabric, shred of paper, scrag-end of mutton or other surplus oddment that is left over after severing a larger piece (6) |
| UDDER | The mammary gland of female cattle, sheep, goats, horses, and related animals, having two or more teats and hanging between the hind legs of the animal |
| HANGNAIL | A torn shred of skin at the tip of the finger |
| MORISOT | First lady of Impressionism whose paintings include Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wight, Summer's Day and Hanging the Laundry out to Dry (7) |
| BAGGY | (Of clothes) loose and hanging |
| PAGAN | Like the Christmas traditions of decorating trees and hanging mistletoe |
| LOAFING | Being idle and hanging about a bread factory (7) |
| SPRUCE | Coniferous tree with a conical shape and hanging cones (6) |
| ANDROMEDA | Greek heroine and source of Latin one with a shred of doubt (9) |
| RAGAMUFFIN | Poor child has just a shred of clothing and a cupcake (10) |
| ADNAUSEAM | A shred of evidence used endlessly by a male time and time again (2,7) |
| SCRAP | Word for a small animal, when regarded with affection or sympathy; or, a crumb, morsel of leftover food, shred of paper or other fragment (5) |
| CRUMB | A shred of comfort one may get from a loaf (5) |
| HANSARP | Worker in the medium of torn and pasted paper |
| LABURNUM | Poisonous tree bearing seed-pods and hanging clusters of yellow flowers (8) |
| DONAHUEDARE | Phoning Phil and hanging up immediately? |
