| TAPDANCERS | ... and carpets ruined their performance |
| TAPDANCER | A person with hard shoes and carpet's ruined |
| NAILERIES | Eastern airline's ruined: their output took a hammering |
| DISCREDITED | Furious screed did it - it ruined their good name |
| HEATH | Moor- or maquis-like habitat characterised by flora including bracken, bilberry, gorse and carpets of purple-flowered erica and ling (5) |
| ANALYTICS | ____ is the use of data by businesses to describe, predict, and improve their performance |
| PERSIA | Source of some cats and carpets |
| DRESSESDOWN | Trims feathers and carpets |
| FURNISHINGS | Curtains and carpets |
| SHOTPUT | Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs, and Tom Walsh took home the gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively at Tokyo 2020, in a podium finish repeat of their performances at Rio 2016. This is a first for an in |
| AMATEURS | There's no accounting for their performance |
| TUNING | Modifying vehicle engines to improve their performance. (6) |
| HYPNOTISTS | Their performance might put people to sleep (10) |
| ENGINES | Their performance is improved by fans |
| VACS | Their performance can be measured by air speed |
| STARS | Their performance is out of this world |
| CRITICISE | Find fault with: - their performance |
| SISAL | Strong fibre from the agave plant, used for rope-making and carpets |
| GREEN | Principal colour of the benches, fabrics, furnishing and carpets in the House of Commons (5) |
| AUBUSSON | Town in the Creuse department of central France noted for its tapestries and carpets (8) |
