| JESS | A short strap of leather |
| THONG | Strap of leather |
| REINS | Straps of leather; bridles |
| TRACE | Old word for a path or way taken; a footprint or other sign of passage; or, a side strap of a horse's harness (5) |
| REIN | Strap of a bridle by which a horse is controlled (4) |
| TAWSE | "The strap", of Scottish schools |
| SCANTIES | Check straps of underwear (8) |
| TONGUE | The clapper of a bell; the pin of a buckle; a flap of leather on a shoe; or, a jet of flame (6) |
| BEND | Curved shape of a bow; a meander in a river; a half-butt of leather; or, a type of knot for joining two ropes together (4) |
| LEASH | Word among hunters for three foxes, hares or hounds; a strip of leather attached to a hawk's jesses in falconry; a lyam, couple or slip for a dog; or, a surfer's leg rope (5) |
| ROAN | A colour of a horse's coat with variations including bay, blue, red and strawberry; or, a variety of leather used in bookbinding (4) |
| COLLAR | Neckband of a shirt; or, a circlet of leather for a dog's ID tag (6) |
| TOECAP | A piece of leather or metal fitted over the front end of a shoe or boot as protection (6) |
| GAUNTLET | A glove worn as part of medieval armour, usually made of leather and covered with plates of steel (8) |
| STRAP | Returning bits of a strip of leather (5) |
| CATASTROPHE | He's after a feline with a strip of leather ___ calamity! (11) |
| SPORRAN | An ornamental pouch of leather or fur worn in front of a kilt (7) |
| BOOKMARK | Strip of leather, card or cloth for keeping track of one's place in a novel or other publication (8) |
| BELT | Group of asteroids; or, a strip of leather fed through trouser loops (4) |
| GALOSH | Which piece of leather runs round the lower part of a shoe's uppers (6) |
