| PLAIT | Twist two or more strands or strips into a long rope (5) |
| ROPES | In 3500 BC, the Egyptians were using special tools to twist papyrus fibres and leather strips into what? (5) |
| TWINE | A strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together. (5) |
| TRAM | A streetcar; a hutch, tub or wagon in a colliery; or, from "footpath" a weft yarn of two or more strands of silk (4) |
| LANE | Any of the parallel strips into which the carriageway of a motorway is divided |
| IRONIC | Some kir on ice with a twist 2(6) |
| CHUBBYCHECKER | 76-year-old singer who is still doing The Twist: 2 wds. |
| TWINES | Strong threads consisting of two or more strands twisted together (6) |
| LASSO | A long rope with a running loop to rope cattle or horses (5) |
| LONGE | Exercise resembling a fencing thrust of the same name; or, a long rope used in horse-training (5) |
| SISAL | Coming from the chandler's is a long rope (5) |
| RIATA | A long rope used to catch animals (5) |
| WISPS | Word for flocks of snipe; friars' lanterns; petite girls/slight boys; twists of hay or straw; small brooms; strands or streaks of hair or smoke; or, tufts (5) |
| FENCE | Boundary or divisional wooden panels or strips in a row (5) |
| CANES | Female weasels; stems of blackberry, raspberry or loganberry plants; or, strips of wicker or rattan that are woven in basketry (5) |
| PLAGE | From French for "beach", a fashionable example of said strand; or, a bright patch surrounding a sunspot in the chromosphere (5) |
| BRAID | To arrange the hair by interweaving strands or with a band |
| WOVEN | Made by interlacing threads or strips of material (5) |
| LABEL | A bookplate, crowner, nametape, seal, sticker, tag or other identifying band, flap or strip; or, a dripstone (5) |
| CHIPS | English name for pommes frites; small chunks of chocolate used in baking; counters for poker; or, strips used for basketry (5) |
