| WHALEBONE | Baleen used to stiffen corsets, etc |
| STAY | A thin strip of metal, plastic or bone used to stiffen corsets (4) |
| LINGERIE | Bras, negligees, corsets, etc. |
| STARCH | Which preparation is used to stiffen linen, etc, in laundering (6) |
| GYPSUM | Press-ups in PE used to stiffen limbs (6) |
| SIZE | Gelatinous substance used to stiffen textiles (4) |
| STAYS | Thin strips used to stiffen a corset (5) |
| GEL | Goop used to stiffen hair |
| DWANG | A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them. (5) |
| PLACEMENT | Exercise about to stiffen soldiers' disposition (9) |
| DILATANCY | Lady I can't budge, showing a tendency to stiffen |
| FIT | Able to stiffen up a bit |
| FEMUR | Put me back in sable to stiffen the thigh (5) |
| STARCHAMBER | Old court to stiffen caution for motorists (4,7) |
| SCALDS | Burns e.g. maggots in boiling water to stiffen them (6) |
| WHALE | Cetacean with bones or "baleen" formerly used as stays in corsets (5) |
| GREYWHALE | Baleen once referred to as a 'devil fish': 2 wds. |
| ENABLE | Give power to baleen swimming |
| FINWHALE | Also called a razorback whale or common rorqual, this slender baleen whale is second in size to the blue whale. (3,5) |
| BLUEWHALE | Common name for the most massive animal ever to have lived, a species of baleen whale weighing approximately 150 tons. (4,5) |
