| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| LISLES | Fine threads |
| LISLES | Fine cotton threads |
| FILAR | Having fine threads |
| SPIDER | Producer of fine threads |
| wispiest | (of hair, threads, smoke, etc.) Fine; feathery |
| byssaceous | composed of a mass of fine threads; delicately filamentous also BYSSOID |
| leptotene | The first stage of the prophase of meiosis, during which each chromosome becomes visible as two fine threads (chromatids) |
