| GAITER | A covering, usually of cloth or leather, over the lower leg and ankle (6) |
| ARMOR | Defensive covering, usually of metal, formerly worn to protect the body in fighting |
| ROLL | A cylinder of gift-wrap or other paper; a strip of cloth or leather with pockets for paintbrushes, pencils, sewing kits or tools; or, a type of brass gilding wheel used in bookbinding (4) |
| FOLDEROL | Cobblers earlier spreading rounded piece of leather over foot (8) |
| GAITERS | Protective leggings of cloth or leather, covering from knee to ankle (7) |
| ANKLE | The hinge-type joint in humans that connects the lower leg and foot (5) |
| TASTE | Chemonsensilla are the ___ receptors found on the lower legs and feet |
| PAD | Guard for the leg and ankle in cricket (3) |
| KNEE | The joint between lower leg and thigh (4) |
| FINISH | The last coat of paint or touch of veneer; the aftertaste of beer or wine; polish and refinement in social graces; surface texture of cloth or wood; or, the end of a hunt or a race (6) |
| FIBULA | The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle. |
| WEIGHT | Boldness of a typeface or font; density of cloth; or, one of a series of blocks used with kitchen scales (6) |
| EYELET | A small hole in cloth or leather; a grommet (6) |
| UNPICK | To take the stitches out of a piece of cloth or sewing (6) |
| BODKIN | Small, sharp, pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather (6) |
| TARSUS | The seven bones of the upper foot and ankle (6) |
| NAPKIN | Square of cloth or paper used to wipe the mouth or hands (6) |
| SWATCH | A sample of cloth or carpet (6) |
| FLAP | Miniature door-in-a-door for a cat; hinged leaf of a table; or, a fold of cloth or paper covering the opening of a tent, pocket or an envelope (4) |
| INSTEP | Part of human foot between toes and ankle (6) |
