| IKAT | From the Malay meaning tie or bind, a traditional Indonesian resist-dye method and cloth used for cushions, lampshades, rugs and dresses (4) |
| GINGHAM | From the Malay meaning "striped", a check fabric used for country shirts, jam jar covers, table cloths, hair accessories, dresses, patchwork and bed linen (7) |
| UPAS | From the Malay meaning "poison", a tree with sap used to bestow a lethal tip on an arrow (4) |
| BATIK | Wax-and-dye method |
| LEAGUE | From the Latin meaning "to bind", a word for an alliance also used to describe an association of sports teams or a form of rugby (6) |
| DOWNSIZING | Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| WOOL | Yarn derived from the fleece of a sheep, used for crewelwork, knitting and cloth such as tweed (4) |
| POIROT | Detective who likes order, method and a petit dejeuner of toast cut into neat little squares and eggs of identical size - he has an egg-shaped head, a brilliantly waxed moustache and is the brainchild |
| PANGOLIN | Armoured edentate mammal of Africa and Asia named from the Malay for 'rolling over'; the scaly anteater (8) |
| TRUSS | To skewer or bind the wings of a fowl before cooking / an appliance for giving support in case of rupture or hernia |
| LIGATURE | A tie or bind (8) |
| RAMBUTAN | Fruit of the sapindaceous tropical tree Nephelium lappaceum, named from the Malay word for 'hair' (8) |
| SUMATRA | Mountainous island in W Indonesia, in the Greater Sunda Islands, separated from the Malay Peninsula by the Strait of Malacca |
| TIE | Attach or bind with a cord or a string (3) |
| TIES | Bands, bows, couplings, knots, laces, shackles, strings, tethers or other fastenings; by extension, connections bonding people; or, commitments or duties that restrain or bind (4) |
| KNOWSTHEROPES | Is familiar with the method and procedure to do the job well? (5,3,5) |
| BRUGES | City in Belgium that was the centre of the medieval European wool and cloth trade |
| TEACH | In The Bridge On The River Kwai, Alec Guinness declared, "We can ... these barbarians a lesson in Western methods and efficiency" |
| SARONG | Garment whose name comes from the Malay for "sheath" |
| DUALCARRIAGEWAY | Radical urge possibly to restrict a method and road for overtaking (4,11) |
