| BALL | Word before "gown" or "bearing" |
| MANNER | From Latin for "hand", word for the way in which anything is handled or done; a kind or sort; usual practice or behaviour; or, one's air or bearing (6) |
| HEADING | Something leading, topping or uppermost, such as the top of a curtain or the title/rubric at the top of a page; or, bearing/direction (7) |
| SACK | The plunder/pillage of a captured city or town; a large bag of burlap, gunny or hessian for flour, grain, potatoes or racing in; a woman's loose-fitting gown; or, a train of silk hanging from the shou |
| DIGNITY | Nobility of character or noble conduct or bearing |
| ARMED | (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms. |
| MIEN | Person's look or bearing as showing character or mood |
| TRAIN | A puddle of fabric flowing at the back of a bridal gown or formal evening dress; a series of connected railway carriages; or, another word for a caravan of camels (5) |
| FROCK | Name, preserved in a word for "depose", for a priest's gown or monk's habit; a farm worker's traditional linen shirt; a sailor's jersey; or, a dress (5) |
| AIR | A person's distinctive manner or bearing |
| JAUNTILY | Easy and sprightly in manner or bearing (8) |
| LADIDA | Affectedly elegant in speech or bearing (2-2-2) |
| DEMEANOUR | Outward behaviour or bearing |
| MAJESTY | Great dignity or bearing (7) |
| ENDURING | Suffering or bearing (8) |
| ASPECT | Facet or bearing (6) |
| ILLUSION | "Barely there" tulle textile used for veils, millinery, layered dresses or for attaching floating appliques or embroidered motifs to bridal gowns; or, a conjurer or magician's trick (8) |
| BRIDAL | Word with gown or wreath |
| STANCE | What is the position or bearing of the body while standing (6) |
| ROBE | Another word for a dressing gown; or, a flowing garment worn with a cap for a graduation (4) |
