| PIGSTIES | Word, the etymological root of "stables", for hog-pens/swine houses; or, by extension, hovels, shacks or generally unkempt messy places (8) |
| SPINDLE | A pin or spike by which thread is twisted and whose name is the etymological root of "fuselage"; or, something thusly slender, such as a baluster, chair leg or watch fusee (7) |
| LEADINGLIGHTS | Star of Bethlehem on top of stable for prominent individuals (7,6) |
| STIES | Hogs' pens |
| PIGSTY | Hog pen |
| STY | Hog pen |
| LESBOS | Greek island that's the etymological source of the "L" in L.G.B.T.Q. |
| STRINGY | You can see the muscles when you get a call in the swine house (7) |
| ROBUST | Word for bold, hardy, healthy, strong in constitution, sturdy or vigorous, like the enduring strength of an ancient oak, thus its etymological root (6) |
| FOULLINE | Baseball or basketball marking (or, in different senses, the first word + the last word of rank and file) |
| POSTHOUSES | Historical inns with stables for couriers' cobs, letter-handlers' horses or mail-carriers' mounts; or, GPOs (10) |
| EGYPTIAN | The word "gypsy" comes from What word, the supposed original nationality of the people? (8) |
| ANIMALENCLOSURE | Stable, for one ... or what's formed by the start and end of each starred clue's answer? |
| ORCHID | An elegant bloom such as the lady's tresses or Venus slipper that, despite its delicate beauty and exotic allure, has a somewhat surprising or curious etymological root (6) |
| CANAL | Type of waterway that shares its etymological root, "pipe, groove", with a variety of tubular pasta (5) |
| LEEKS | Scallions with shallow botanical roots, whose etymological root is the Old English for "onion" (5) |
| LUDIC | Word for "playful" that shares its etymological root with a board game whose name means "I play" (5) |
| STUDS | Read about a stables for breeding, by the end (5) |
| YARDS | Areas enclosed by farm buildings or stables, for example (5) |
| ACTION | 'Suit the ___ to the word, the word to the ___' (Hamlet) (6) |
