| SAMITE | Heavy fabric of silk used in the Middle Ages for clothing |
| CARPET | Floor covering of thick heavy fabric of wool, cotton, synthetic fibers |
| RIBBONS | Narrow strips often of silk used for decoration or trimming (7) |
| ECRU | Light brown colour as raw silk used in new cure |
| TULLE | Soft fine silk used in veil-making (5) |
| SAUCER | Piece of tableware, used in the Middle Ages for serving condiments |
| CURFEW | Word in the Middle Ages for the ringing of a bell as a signal to extinguish all hearth fires, later a regulation requiring people to remain indoors, often at night (6) |
| STATIONER | A word in the Middle Ages for a bookseller, later a purveyor of ink, paper, parchment, pens and other such writing materials (9) |
| GEESE | Look back in the Middle Ages for such birds |
| LAPISLAZULI | Semi-precious stone prized since antiquity for its blue color, it was also used in the Middle Ages to make the expensive ultramarine pigment prized by artists (5,6) |
| KOHL | Black cosmetic used in the Middle East and North Africa to darken the edge of the eyes (4) |
| RACK | Instrument of torture used in the Middle Ages (4) |
| ROD | Unit of length used in the Middle Ages (3) |
| TABOR | Small drum used in the Middle Ages to accompany folk-dancing (5) |
| PORTOLANO | Navigation manual used in the Middle Ages (9) |
| IRONMAIDEN | Torture device, supposedly used in the Middle Ages |
| LONGBOW | Weapon used in the Middle Ages (7) |
| HURDYGURDY | Portable mechanical musical instrument widely used in the Middle Ages (5-5) |
| LEA | Green field used in the Middle Ages (3) |
| LUNGI | Long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing. (5) |
