| UNDERCOAT | A layer of paint or other substance applied before the top layer (9) |
| PRIMER | Paint applied before the main paint |
| DABS | Informal word for the fingertips; aces, adepts or experts; small plaice- or sole-like flatfishes sometimes caught by trawlers or shrimpers; gentle pats or taps; or, blobs of chocolate, glue, ink, pain |
| PINCH | A tweak; a nip of cold; a financial squeeze or crunch; a crisis; a robbery; or, a sneesh of salt or other substance, taken between a finger and thumb (5) |
| 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) |
| RUN | A dash, gallop or sprint forth; a trickle of paint or spread of dye; a series of unravelled stitches forming a ladder; a journey; a chicken coop; a ski trail; or, the migration of salmon (3) |
| COAT | A layer of paint; or, an animal's covering of fur or wool (4) |
| HAIRTONIC | Substance applied to Elmer Fudd's scalp in the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Rabbit of Seville" |
| OVERCOAT | A top, final layer of paint or similar covering (8) |
| LABRET | A piece of wood, shell, stone, or other substance, worn in a perforation of the lip. (6) |
| TOPCOAT | A final layer of paint or varnish (7) |
| DUCT | A bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance. |
| CANALBOAT | Barge gets layer of paint - awfully banal inside |
| INCENSE | A gum, spice or other substance burned for the sweet smell it produces (7) |
| SOIL | The top layer of the land surface of the earth (4) |
| WASH | Lotion; a fen; a thin coat of paint; or, the break of waves on a shore (4) |
| TESTER | Small pot of paint or vial of perfume to sample at home before buying; or, a canopy over a four-poster bed (6) |
| APPLICATION | Formal request for post to have a layer of paint? (11) |
| LICK | A light coat of paint; or, a quick movement of a flame (4) |
| ASPHALT | Stop serpent before the top of the road (7) |
