| CARPET | Word originally for a tablecloth or bedcover that came to mean a woven floor covering (6) |
| PERSIANCARPET | Parents price a woven floor covering (7,6) |
| QUILT | A thick coverlet or bedcover (5) |
| APRON | A word for a tablecloth in the Middle Ages, later a pinafore, placket, tablier or other such barm-cloth (5) |
| LINEN | Fine fabric for a tablecloth |
| STRIKE | Anglo-Saxon word for "to go or flow" or "to rub lightly" that came to mean a hit; an attack by aircraft; a raid; a find, as in gold, luck or oil; or, a downing of work tools in protest (6) |
| JUMPER | Word for a sailor's loose outer jacket that came to mean a woollen jersey in the UK or a pinafore dress in the US; a quarry drill; a crude sled; or, a horse for puissance, e.g. (6) |
| AMORET | Old word of French origin for a sweetheart that came to mean a sonnet or love-song; a love-knot; a romantic glance; or, a trifling affair (6) |
| JOCKEY | A pet form of a generic name for a lad, ordinary man or underling that came to mean a mounted courier, horse-dealer and later an equestrian "pilot" such as a steeplechaser (6) |
| STRING | Word originally for a rope/strand of any thickness, later a thin length of twine; the cord of an archery bow; or, a stretched piece of catgut or wire for a cello, guitar, piano or violin (6) |
| CIRCUS | From the Latin meaning "ring", a word for an ancient Roman arena for chariot races and gladiatorial combats that later came to mean a travelling company of performers (6) |
| SEQUIN | Word originally for a Venetian gold coin, later a spangle- or paillette-like flat shiny foil bead for embellishing a garment or a costume (6) |
| GADGET | A nautical/seaman's term of obscure origin that came to mean a small ingenious device or gismo (6) |
| 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) |
| CAGE | Word for a hollow that came to mean a basket for fowls, a bottle-holder, a coop, a corf, a hutch, a netted goal, a prison cell or a squirrel's drey (4) |
| WALLET | Word originally for a pilgrim's knapsack or pouch that now means a pocket-sized leather case for paper money and bank cards (6) |
| TISSUE | From the Old French "to weave", a word originally for a rich material interwoven with gold or silver threads, later a disposable handkerchief (6) |
| MINION | Word originally for a darling, lady-love or a king/prince's favourite, later degenerating to henchperson, kept man/woman, servant, sycophantic follower or underling (6) |
| DEBATE | Word originally for a fight or strife, later a more civilised or deliberated formal discussion (6) |
| METHOD | From the Greek meaning "pursuit of knowledge", a word originally for a prescribed medical treatment, later an established systematic procedure for accomplishing a particular task (6) |
