| COMETOGRIEF | Fragile item eg of cord largely gets to fail (4,2,5) |
| TALCUMPOWDER | Two crumpled a fragile item of toiletry (6,6) |
| VIOLIN | Olive largely gets stitched up in fiddle (6) |
| GUANO | Fertiliser from seabirds? Chap largely gets a negative response (5) |
| FALLTHROUGH | Cornish banker, finished after end of deal, gets to fail (4,7) |
| TISSUEPAPER | Wrapping for fragile items (6,5) |
| FISHINGLINE | Length of cord to which the leader and float are attached (7,4) |
| FALLFLAT | Opening of film with everything dull gets to fail badly (4,4) |
| DRAWABLANK | Lure by a financial institution to save pounds gets to fail (4,1,5) |
| REDUCED | Lowered the price of an item, eg (7) |
| BOMB | Incendiary thing gets to fail badly (4) |
| FOUNDER | One working with metal gets to fail (7) |
| TANK | Armoured vehicle gets to fail completely (4) |
| ASSEMBLE | Put together (a flat-pack item, eg) (8) |
| GREYAREA | Ill-defined item, eg a rare uncertainty finally resolved |
| ANTISLIP | Describing an item, e.g. a mat, designed to prevent people from falling (8) |
| BREAKABLES | Competent, during pauses, to find fragile items |
| GLASSWARE | Angry look has fool point to fragile items |
| UTENSIL | Item, eg for kitchen (7) |
| METALWORK | Pewter or silver items, eg (9) |
