| GRIDDLE | Plate for making, eg, drop scones |
| GIRDLE | A ceinture, cincture, cingulum, elastic corset or sash; anything that encircles, like one such waistbelt; or, dialect for a bakestone/iron plate, for drop scones or Scotch pancakes (6) |
| SCOTCHPANCAKES | Drop scones, possibly for consumption tomorrow |
| GRIDDLECAKES | Drop scones |
| GRIDDLED | Placed over heat (as drop scones) (8) |
| EFFIGY | Guy making, eg, iffy arrangement (6) |
| NAGAS | Snakes making eg Carl retreat |
| DISTILLATION | Process of making, eg, whisky |
| ERRANDBOY | One making, eg, deliveries |
| BAKING | Making, eg, cakes |
| TENDERING | Making eg contract bid |
| CRAFT | Weaving or basket-making, eg (5) |
| BATTER | A striker in cricket; a mixture of eggs, flour and milk as the basis of Breton galettes, crepes, crumpets, drop scones and pancakes; or, a damaged piece of type in a forme (6) |
| SCOTCHPANCAKE | Another name for a drop scone |
| SCOTCH | - pancake; another name for a drop scone (6) |
| PIKELET | New Zealand term for a drop scone (7) |
| AMASSERS | Billionaires in the making, e.g. |
| ARTS | Hula and lei-making, e.g. |
| ACME | Fictional corporation making e.g. exploding tennis balls (4) |
| GIRDLECAKE | One of the dialect names for a type of drop scone (10) |