| PANACHE | Word originally for a helmet plume that is used to mean swagger or flamboyant confidence (7) |
| POMPADOUR | Display a forbidding or flamboyant hairstyle (9) |
| CREST | Helmet plume |
| PSEUDONYM | Nom de plume that could be Dumpynose? (9) |
| SWASH | A rush of seawater over the shore after the breaking of a wave; the imitative sound or "scend" of such a surge; swagger or bluster; or, a typographical flourish on a letter (5) |
| AIGRETTES | French word for little white herons that also refers to their plumes that once adorned headdresses; or, sprays of jewels resembling such (9) |
| BOUNCE | The "boingy" rebound of a ball; a jump on an inflatable castle; body or vitality in one's hair; swagger; or, the return of a dishonoured cheque (6) |
| PRANCE | Swagger or strut (6) |
| EGRET | Little -; small yellow-footed heron with long white crest plumes that develop during its breeding season (5) |
| CRESTS | Helmet plumes |
| COTERIE | A clan of prairie dogs; or, a French word, originally for a number of peasants holding land jointly from a lord, that has come to mean an exclusive circle or clique (7) |
| CLOSETS | Word originally for a king or queen's secret or private chambers within a palace, now used to mean cupboards or wardrobes (7) |
| CANTEEN | From the Italian meaning "wine cellar", a word originally for a shop in a barracks selling liquor and provisions to troops that later came to mean a soldier's water bottle (7) |
| DRESSER | From "prepare", a word originally for a kitchen sideboard or table on which food was prepared, later one for storing or displaying crockery (7) |
| ARMOIRE | Word, originally for a closet of weapons or a cabinet of war, now an antique chifforobe for clothes or an ornate wardrobe of wear (7) |
| CUSTARD | Word originally for a pie that later came to denote its sweetened or spiced egg-thickened sauce (7) |
| HUFFKIN | A traditional kind of Kentish bread roll, bun, muffin or teacake with a distinctive dimple, originally for a cherry or a spoonful of cherry jam (7) |
| PANE | Word originally for a rag or a piece of cloth that later came to mean a division of a window or its sheet of glass; or, in philately, a page of stamps from a booklet (4) |
| TEAM | Old word for a brood of animals that is used to mean a set of draught horses working together; a co-operative unit of athletes; a squad; or, a string of flying ducks (4) |
| POTPOURRI | Word originally for a Spanish stew that is used to describe a fragrant mixture of dried petals and spices, a medley of tunes or a hotchpotch or miscellany (9) |
