| TUFTY | With tassels or separate lock of hair at end of day (5) |
| IRATE | Inside hair, at end, and up in arms (5) |
| STRESSED | Tense when small lock of hair at last minute starts detaching (8) |
| CANDYTUFT | Flower looks sweet with a separate lock of hair (9) |
| TUFT | A separate lock of hair (4) |
| QUIFF | Big curl of hair at the front of the head (5) |
| FEZES | Hats with tassels (var.) |
| TUFTS | Golden tassels formerly worn on titled Oxbridge undergraduates' caps and "hunted" by toadying social climbers; or, bunched clusters of feathers, grass, hair or threads (5) |
| WEDGE | A piece of wood or metal tapering to a sharp edge driven between two objects to secure or separate them |
| FRINGE | A border of loose threads, tassels or twists; hair or "bangs" falling over one's brow; non-mainstream theatre; or, a bright or dark band produced by diffraction or interference of light (6) |
| SPLIT | Part or separate something (5) |
| SILKS | Com tassels |
| SILKY | Like corn tassels |
| CUE | A pigtail, plait or twist of hair at the back of the head, hence a long thin stick for snooker; the last words of an actor's speech, serving as an intimation to the next histrio to speak; or, any prom |
| TIEBACKS | Cords, ribbons, tassels or piping-edged fabric strips with which to decoratively gather a window's drapes or to neatly draw them to one side (8) |
| CHIGNON | Knot or coil of hair at the back of the head (7) |
| FEZ | Red-felt hat with tassels, popular in the Ottoman Empire |
| STRAPLESS | As dress might be with tassels, pair on the outside embroidered (9) |
| TIE | A twist of hair at the back of the head (3) |
| CHIGNONS | Knots, rolls of hair at back of head (8) |
