| SOUBRETTE | Role of a lady's maid in a comic play |
| VALET | Male counterpart of a lady's maid |
| AYAH | Lady's' maid in India |
| DRESSER | Word, from "arrange, prepare", for a medieval table for meat/food prep first, later a kitchen sideboard; a lady's maid; a wardrobe assistant; a window trimmer; or, in America, a vanity (7) |
| SPONGEFINGER | A boudoir biscuit or savoiardi in the shape of a lady's pinkie that is used in cookery to soak up the juice in a charlotte or the Marsala/sherry in the base of tiramisu or trifle (6,6) |
| PINNER | A dainty apron; a maker of tacks for temporarily fastening cloth; either of a pair of lappets of a lady's white linen indoor cap; or, the cloth hat itself (6) |
| ABIGAIL | The name of a wife of King David, also a lady's-maid (7) |
| GENOISE | An Italian version of a chiffon or sponge, served as a cake in its own right or as the basis of a lady's finger, madeleine or mokatine (7) |
| DAMSEL | Maid in a melodrama blocks train in Chicago (6) |
| AQUINAS | A result of noteworthy birth in the role of a theologian |
| RITA | Name of the meter maid in a song on the Beatles' Sgt Pepper album. (4) |
| DIAGRAM | Picture maid in a whirl about silver rook (7) |
| TWEENY | Youngest maid in a large household (6) |
| COVERUP | Conceal the upcoming role of a minister in seizure of power (5,2) |
| SKETCH | Short comic play or scene forming part of a revue; or. a quick drawing (6) |
| HAYFEVER | Comic play written by Noel Coward, set in a house at Cookham, Berkshire |
| BUSTLE | A bearer, bum roll, cork rump, furbelow or toumure for accentuating the posterior of a lady's skirt (6) |
| SEPARATES | Parts of a lady's wardrobe? (9) |
| ALEMARYS | Name of a lady's pub? |
| AGENT | Representative of a lady's man (5) |
