| MING | The ancient Chinese, being charming, took tea with it |
| CHAPERON | Escort took tea with Peron (8) |
| THEARTOFWAR | Ancient military treatise attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu (3,3,2,3) |
| SILK | Fabric of the ancient Chinese upper classes |
| KOREA | What the ancient Chinese referred to as "Rivers and Mountains Embroidered on Silk" |
| ETCHES | Eats into a lot of cheese and has tea with it (6) |
| SENNA | You can make tea with it |
| ANIMATE | The man and I took tea to give us life (7) |
| DACHA | Lawyer took tea to the house in Russia (5) |
| WINSOME | Come away with several, being charming (7) |
| SWEET | The two of us set about being charming (5) |
| GRADUATE | Guard took tea out to one getting a degree (8) |
| GREATAPE | Wine producer took tea, entertaining primate (5,3) |
| TAFFETA | Material personnel, lacking leadership, took tea break (7) |
| LOVELY | Sees Vietnam's leader inside being charming |
| PERSONABLE | Man or woman capable of being charming (10) |
| DECOUPAGE | Derived from an ancient Chinese practice, the art of glueing paper cutouts to wooden furniture to simulate paintings that was popular with the Venetians and later the Victorians (9) |
| WEI | Ancient Chinese state and major Chinese river |
| ICHING | Ancient Chinese text also known as the Book of Changes (1,5) |
| ARTOFWAR | The _ _ _, ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu (3,2,3) |
