| EPHOD | It is hoped to make a linen surplice of it (5) |
| POUNDDOG | Beneficiary of a rescue, it is hoped |
| THEWASH | It is hoped that stains will work out satisfactorily eventually (4,3,2,3,4) |
| COMEOUTIN | It is hoped that stains will work out satisfactorily eventually (4,3,2,3,4) |
| OUTINTHE | At laundry it is hoped that dirt will work out satisfactorily (4,3,2,3,4) |
| COME | At laundry it is hoped that dirt will work out satisfactorily (4,3,2,3,4) |
| WASH | At laundry it is hoped that dirt will work out satisfactorily (4,3,2,3,4) |
| SISAL | Sort of fibre in plants is a linen (5) |
| ELIOT | Pen name of the author of seven novels including one based on a linen weaver she called Silas Marner (5) |
| PRESS | Device for extracting juice from fruit or oil from olives; a printing machine; or, a linen cupboard (5) |
| SILAS | --- Marner, George Eliot's third novel, about a linen weaver in the village of Raveloe (5) |
| COTTA | Act to be adapted to a surplice (5) |
| AMICE | I came around with a linen strip for the priest (5) |
| SHEET | Flat or fitted item in a linen closet |
| ONONE | "A linen stock ___ leg...": Shak. |
| REPAD | Hoped to change the hothead to a dullhead ? So gave the medicine! (5) |
| STOLE | Nicked a surplice (5) |
| COPES | Deals successfully with vestments covering surplices (5) |
| ODAY | Adopted last name of singer Anita Colton (it's pig Latin for what she hoped to make) |
| WIMPLE | Typical headgear for ladies of the 13th century. It was constructed of a linen band, wound firmly around the chin and head, and a head band of starched linen. |
