| GAZELLE | "Two girls in silk kimonos, both / Beautiful, one a ... (Yeats) (7) |
| MONOSKI | Kimonos may be useful on the slopes of Mount Fuji (7) |
| BLOSSOM | Depicted on kimonos and Japanese 100 yen coins, pinkish or white flowers that develop into almonds, apples, cherries, peaches, plums and other drupe fruits (7) |
| NETSUKE | Carved toggle-like Japanese ornament of wood, ivory etc. used to secure small containers (sagemono) to a kimono's sash (obi) (7) |
| TAFFETA | Refurbished Tate visited by a fine female in silk |
| SKINFUL | Intoxicating quantity of wild fun in silk pants (7) |
| JOCKEYS | Equestrians racing in silks and hoops (7) |
| ASTAIRE | He danced in "Silk Stockings" |
| GUTTA | From the Latin for "drop", one of a series of pendent ornaments in the architrave of a Doric entablature; or, derived from the latex of a tropical plant, a "resist" used in silk painting |
| HELEN | The Parisian taken in by female, a particularly beautiful one |
| BELLE | Bad start with the girl in France but she is a beautiful one (5) |
| MAGNOLIA | Aim to have a long tree - a beautiful one, at that! (8) |
| POLITESSE | Etiquette of two girls in conversation (9) |
| PROM | Broadway musical centered around two girls in love, with "The" |
| LEDA | Title partner of "the Swan" in a Yeats poem |
| BYZANTIUM | Sailor's destination in a Yeats poem |
| PUBLISHER | ... and dealer of such - extremely beautiful one - concealed 7 perhaps |
| LIAR | Shakira and Beyonce sang of a Beautiful one (4) |
| THINGSFALLAPART | Achebe novel whose title comes from a Yeats poem |
| MESS | Jason Mraz makes "A Beautiful" one |
