| CERED | Wrapped in a waxed shroud |
| EDAMAME | A cheesy individual in a waxed jacket, James shelled soy beans |
| TAPER | A gradual narrowing; a feeble light; a slender candle; or, a waxed wick or spill for conveying a flame (5) |
| CARTON | A white disc at the centre of the bull's-eye of a target; a shot that hits it; a pasteboard container; or, a waxed box for juice, milk, soup and the like (6) |
| PARCEL | From "small portion", a word for a distinct piece or plot of land; an object or a collection of goods, wrapped in a single package; a lot; or, a company, group, party or set (6) |
| FLOSSES | Cleans one's teeth with a waxed thread |
| BEADUP | What raindrops do on a waxed finish |
| POIROT | Fictional detective with a waxed mustache |
| BARBOUR | Scottish manufacturer noted for producing a waxed cotton jacket (7) |
| BLANKET | Pig in a __ (wiener wrapped in a roll) |
| BABY | A person who gets wrapped in a tiny blanket before going outside on a frosty night |
| AKA | Wrapped in a cloak, Alexis has an alias (just a bit of a freak actually) (1,1,1) |
| HAZARDOUS | A zebra's head, wrapped in a shroud roughly, is hairy (9) |
| MYSTERY | "It is a __ wrapped in a __ inside an __." How Churchill described Russia in 1939 (6,7,6) |
| ENIGMA | "It is a __ wrapped in a __ inside an __." How Churchill described Russia in 1939 (6,7,6) |
| RIDDLE | "It is a __ wrapped in a __ inside an __." How Churchill described Russia in 1939 (6,7,6) |
| CARPEL | Part of a flower wrapped in a parcel (6) |
| FINCH | Little bird wrapped in a scarf in church |
| TOPCOAT | Infant a cop wrapped in a garment (7) |
| SELFSATISFACTION | Smugness is truth wrapped in a loftiness, after a fashion |
