| HIGHWYCOMBE | Town in South Buckinghamshire traditionally associated with the furniture industry (4,7) |
| GRANDRAPIDS | City in Michigan, US, associated with the furniture manufacturing industry (5,6) |
| HORSEHAIR | Growth of the furniture industry? (9) |
| ETHANALLEN | Furniture industry name, with a chain of stores across North America |
| FLEETSTREET | Part of London traditionally associated with newspapers and reporting (5,6) |
| PEARLDIVERS | Traditionally associated with Japan, they search for gem-bearing mollusks: 2 wds |
| MAY | Last month of spring whose first day is traditionally associated with the folk custom of the jack-in-the-green; or, a name for hawthorn and its blossom (3) |
| MAIDMARIAN | Outlaw character of English folklore traditionally associated with the Queen of the May (4,6) |
| RAVENS | Birds traditionally associated with the Tower of London (6) |
| DRAGACT | An entertainer who wears clothes traditionally associated with the opposite sex (4,3) |
| NICHOLAS | Saint traditionally associated with the festival of Christmas (8) |
| ESSENES | Jewish sect traditionally associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls (7) |
| LOMBARD | - Street in the City of London is traditionally associated with banking (7) |
| NUTMEG | Spice obtained from the ground seed of the Indonesian tree Myristica fragrans, traditionally associated with autumn (6) |
| HARE | With leverets for young and known collectively as a husk, leap, trip and down, a swift-footed animal traditionally associated with March (4) |
| FULLMOONS | Lunar phases traditionally associated with lack of ability to sleep (4,5) |
| REINDEER | Large hoofed animal traditionally associated with Santa Claus (8) |
| PINT | Liquid measure traditionally associated with milk or beer (4) |
| PURPLE | What colour is traditionally associated with Roman emperors? (6) |
| PASTIES | Small meat pies traditionally associated with Cornwall (7) |
