| SOWSEAR | Unlikely source of a silk purse |
| OPERA | Unlikely source of a Top 40 song |
| KAPOK | Product of a silk-cotton tree |
| SERIGRAPH | Printed design produced by means of a silk screen (9) |
| EAR | You can't make a silk purse out of this part of a sow, according to the proverb |
| SOW | You cannot make a silk purse out of the ear of this animal |
| FROMABOARSEAR | * You can't make a silk purse ______ |
| NAAN | China, an unlikely source of bread (4) |
| LOTTERYTICKET | Unlikely source of wealth |
| TWIST | A bend in a road; a swindle; a silk thread; a mixed drink; a spiral-shaped barley sugar, roll of bread/tobacco, sliver of lemon zest or wineglass stem; or, a style of hip-gyrating dance (5) |
| SQUARE | A tool for determining a right angle; a cotton flower-bud; a quadrilateral; or, something four-sided, such as a cell in a crossword grid, a chocolate brownie, a formation of troops, a marketplace, a m |
| CONCH | Shell that is fired from an unlikely source! |
| PIG | Animal on the cover of Linda Ronstadt's album "Silk Purse" |
| RETICULE | Small, silk purse |
| ARMPITS | Tramp is unlikely source of 12 down (7) |
| 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) |
| ORGANZA | Material made of silk or a silk-like fabric (7) |
| TABARD | Medieval knight's surcoat; a herald's emblazoned tunic; or, a silk banner attached to a bugle (6) |
| SPIDER | Meaning "to spin", a silk- and web-creating arachnid; an "octopus" set of bungees with hooks; an iron skillet with feet; or, a snooker aid (6) |
| PURSE | You can't make a silk one out of a sow's ear! (5) |
