| RIB | Word for a thoracic costa that, by extension, describes one of the liernes separating the webs of an architectural vault; an umbrella spoke; or, a stick of celery (3) |
| FRONT | Book part facing outward when shelved; or, the vertebral column with a thoracic region formed of bones conventionally numbered T1-T12 (5) |
| DUCAL | Claud could describe one of the upper crust (5) |
| VANES | The webs of a feather (5) |
| VANE | Old English "banner, cloth, flag", today's anemoscope, cock or revolving pointer that, like said fluttering pennant, indicates the direction of the wind and approaching weather; or, by extension, the |
| NEWSAGENT | We sang out when trapped by the web of press distributor (9) |
| ECOLOGY | Study of the web of life |
| MAT | A border of colour, dull gold or white as a contrast between a picture and its frame; a tangled mass of hair or weeds; a coaster or small rug; a web of rope yarn; a cover for a tea chest; or, the soli |
| SUNKEN | At the start of the week, Kildare meet Dublin finally - it describes one of life's deep-set treasure |
| DEW | Days?" Most of us know that by doubling daily, the second choice is far more than $1 million - $10,737,418.23. So here is the new twist. What is the formula that will give us the correct answer for an |
| PARTY | Word originally for a group opposed to others that, by the 18th century, came to mean a social gathering of invited guests, typically with food/drink as a celebration (5) |
| STEALS | "The morning light ___ across my window pane / Where webs of snow are drifting..." - Gordon Lightfoot, "Song for a Winter's Night" |
| PUERILE | An old word for "like a boy" that, by the late 17th century, came to mean childish, silly or trifling (7) |
| EGRET | A heron whose French name, "aigrette", is used to describe one of said wader's plumes; or, a feathery crown or "clock" of a dandelion (5) |
| VISCERAL | Describes one of those instinctive feelings is behind sign of clear out (8) |
| HINGED | Describes one of those on the door with hearing aid missing aria (6) |
| SHEWHO | Mrs with title in a word uttered by the web's dome house (3,3,4,2,6) |
| VAQUITA | Found only near the northern end of the Gulf of California, ecologists had estimated that, by 2020, no more than 18 adults of this marine mammal species remained. (7) |
| ADORATION | - of the Magi; depiction of the nativity in art, such as that by Leonardo da Vinci or Giotto (9) |
| GOLDRUSH | Mass migration such as that by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in NW Canada between 1896 and 1899 |
