| BUHL | Tortoiseshell inlay |
| HORNRIMMED | Like tortoiseshell glasses |
| PUSS | It might be a tortoiseshell clock |
| ENUNCIATE | Articulate English sister spies tortoiseshell (9) |
| CAT | Tabby or tortoiseshell, eg |
| CALICO | Tortoiseshell cat |
| TRASH | Tortoiseshell initially spots litter |
| CARAPACE | Vehicle quickly does for tortoiseshell |
| SHELLAC | Varnish some tortoiseshell accidentally (7) |
| PIQUE | Decorative work using materials such gold, silver or mother-of-pearl and formerly tortoiseshell or i |
| ALICEBAND | Hair-taming accessory worn by Diana, Princess of Wales and Sarah, Duchess of York in the 1980s, typically velvet or faux tortoiseshell (5,4) |
| RAINCOAT | Artist wearing tortoiseshell, describing love for garment |
| HAWKSBILL | Producer of tortoiseshell tries to sell an account |
| EPIPLASTRA | Resentment in craft market over pieces of tortoiseshell? |
| BUTTERFLY | Tortoiseshell, Adonis blue, peacock, painted lady, swallowtail ... an insect studied in lepidopterology (9) |
| LYRE | Originally with a tortoiseshell body, an ancient Greek instrument for accompanying poetry or songs (4) |
| CATS | Domesticated felines whose coat colours include marmalade, tabby, tortoiseshell and calico (4) |
| VANESSA | Genus of butterflies such as the red admiral, tortoiseshell and Camberwell Beauty (7) |
| BOULLE | French cabinetmaker to the Sun King who perfected a form of brass and-tortoiseshell marquetry (6) |
| INLAYS | Pieces of ivory, mother-of-pearl, pewter, precious metal, tortoiseshell, wood etc used in a form of marquetry-like boullework (6) |
