| DRESSESDOWN | Trims feathers and carpets |
| PREENS | Trims feathers |
| HEATH | Moor- or maquis-like habitat characterised by flora including bracken, bilberry, gorse and carpets of purple-flowered erica and ling (5) |
| PERSIA | Source of some cats and carpets |
| FURNISHINGS | Curtains and carpets |
| TAPDANCERS | ... and carpets ruined their performance (3,7) |
| ICARUS | Who used wings made of wax and feathers, and flew too close to the sun which melted his wings and he drowned in the Aegean (6) |
| SISAL | Strong fibre from the agave plant, used for rope-making and carpets |
| GREEN | Principal colour of the benches, fabrics, furnishing and carpets in the House of Commons (5) |
| AUBUSSON | Town in the Creuse department of central France noted for its tapestries and carpets (8) |
| SKOMER | Accessed via ferry from Martin's Haven, island off the Pembrokeshire coast noted for Manx shearwaters, puffins and carpets of bluebells/campion in spring (6) |
| SWALEDALE | Breed of hardy sheep originating in North Yorkshire, whose wool is used for tweeds and carpets |
| TAPDANCER | Entertainer needing floorboards and carpet replaced |
| CHASTISE | Hound eats backrest and carpet (8) |
| FLOORS | Hardwood, tile and carpet cover these (6) |
| REPRIMAND | Border separating theatre and carpet (9) |
| LAID | Like eggs in nests and carpet on floors |
| LIBERATE | Deliver half of lino and carpet (8) |
| PARROT | Tropical bird with a hooked bill, brightly-colored feathers and webbed feet with (2) toes pointing forward and (2) toes pointing backwards / one who mechanically repeats the words or acts of others wi |
| MASON | A. E. W. -; author of The Four Feathers and the Inspector Hanaud novels including At the Villa Rose and They Wouldn't Be Chessmen (5) |
