| CLOSEKNIT | Writing material put back in cupboard and bound together (5-4) |
| SKELETONS | As proverbially found in cupboards and closets (9) |
| PINKO | Red writing material put on page with nothing added (5) |
| REIDBANKS | Author of the novels The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room (5,4,5) |
| TIMELIMIT | Item revised and bound, making deadline (4,5) |
| SIDEBOARD | Long piece of furniture, with drawers, cupboards and shelves (9) |
| SPRINGERS | At dog training school, do they progress by leaps and bounds? (9) |
| BALLERINA | Her career progresses by leaps and bounds (9) |
| METALS | Some elements of roofing material put back after vandalism - at last |
| UNIT | You put tin back in cupboard, perhaps (4) |
| LYNNE | Author of the novels The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room (5,4,5) |
| RESTORE | Surplus unrefined material put back |
| PRESS | Cupboard and printing machine (5) |
| SHADOWCABINET | Follow cupboard and front bench (6,7) |
| WELSHDRESSER | Piece of furniture with open shelves above cupboards and drawers (5,7) |
| PATCH | Piece of material put over a hole in clothing (5) |
| NOOSE | Hanging material put up in no time close to home (5) |
| WRITINGPAD | A block, index rerum, jotter, journal, pocketbook or other simple yet note-worthy tool on whose bond or paper one's thoughts and ideas are captured and bound in one's calligraphical hand, pen, scrawl |
| BALE | A large bundle or package of compressed and bound goods (4) |
| WIRESEWN | In victory, we're excited about son and bound robustly |
