| PLAIT | Weave the hair to start pony's tail moving |
| ROLLER | Something to put in the hair to make a big wave (6) |
| TEASE | Backcomb the hair to give fullness and lift (5) |
| MACASSAR | _ oil, a preparation formerly used on the hair to make it smooth and shiny (8) |
| EYELASH | One of the hairs to which mascara is applied |
| ODDITY | Peculiar thing groom did to pony's tail (6) |
| CONY | Rabbit trick on pony's tail (4) |
| TYPES | Groups of unruly pets eating pony's tail (5) |
| TEXT | From "to weave", the words collectively "woven" together to form a book; or, the tome of writings itself (4) |
| TAKETHEVIEW | Kit to weave the pattern in which to adopt a position (4,3,4) |
| TEXTS | From "to weave", the words "woven" together in books; or, SMSes (5) |
| WHODUNIT | 16A 12A featuring dog with tail moving centrally during wag (8) |
| ENGAGE | Hold goose's tail, moving an egg (6) |
| PRACTICAL | Hands on fish back, caught with tail moving |
| RACCOON | One with a ringed tail moving on car touring Colorado (7) |
| TERN | Pointer's tail moving indicates "bird" (4) |
| DAMOCLES | Legendary courtier to Dionysius II who was seated under a naked sword suspended by a hair to teach him the precarious nature of happiness (8) |
| HELEN | Mirren spotted on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, with blue hair to match her blue dress |
| DELILAH | In the Old Testament the woman who ordered Samson's hair to be cut off (7) |
| DOWN | Silky hair to the ground (4) |
