| CHAMPAGNE | Pale cream or straw colour (9) |
| OFFWHITE | Pale cream (3-5) |
| PITCHFORK | A long-handled agricultural tool with curved tines for lifting or turning hay or straw (9) |
| SOMBREROS | Felt or straw hats with a wide brim, traditionally worn in Mexico (9) |
| THATCHING | Roofing with reeds or straw |
| WHISK | Kitchen utensil for beating eggs or whipping cream; a panicle of millet; or, a bunch of twigs or straw as a brush or a fly swatter (5) |
| WISP | Small bundle or plait of hay or straw as a traditional means of polishing or strapping a horse; flock of snipe; a fine streak of smoke; or, a short word for the ignis fatuus (4) |
| WAD | A bundle of hay or straw; a roll of banknotes; a large sum of said money; a mass of cotton wool, tow etc for packing or stuffing; or, a slang word for a bun, cake or sandwich (3) |
| WISPS | Word for flocks of snipe; friars' lanterns; petite girls/slight boys; twists of hay or straw; small brooms; strands or streaks of hair or smoke; or, tufts (5) |
| TRUSS | A bundle of hay or straw; a pack; a nautical fitting for holding a yard; a cluster of flowers or fruit growing on a stalk; a corbel; or, a belt, frame, tie or other supporting/binding thing (5) |
| RICK | Stack of hay or straw with a thatch; or, a wrench to one's back or neck (4) |
| TOTES | Carries or hauls / large open handbags of cloth or straw |
| STACK | Pile or rick of hay or straw (5) |
| FORAGE | Food for horses or cattle, especially hay or straw (6) |
| CLAMP | Type of vice for a workbench; device for immobilising a vehicle; or, a heap of root vegetables stored under a layer of earth or straw (5) |
| THATCH | A roof of reeds or straw; or, an informal word for thick hair (6) |
| TWINE | Twisted/plied string or cord, often used to bind bales of hay or straw (5) |
| PLAIT | Word for a fold of cloth originally, later for a braid of hair, ribbon, rope or straw; or, a loaf of bread, such as challah, baked in this form (5) |
| FODDER | Nutrition, especially dried hay or straw, for cattle or other livestock (6) |
| LAST | Minute or straw preceder |
