| BITTS | Posts for securing cables etc (5) |
| BITT | Ship post for securing cables |
| BOLLARDS | Posts for securing ropes (8) |
| DUCTS | Enclosed conduits for air, liquids, cables, etc. (5) |
| STILT | Dialect for a crutch or a plough handle; either of a pair of poles worn to increase one's height; one of a set of posts for raising a building above the water; or, a long-legged wader (5) |
| MALES | They sound like posts for men (5) |
| GATES | Posts for some security guards |
| METAE | Boundary markers, esp. turning posts for racers in the circus |
| ROOST | Take covers off iron posts for bed |
| DUCT | Passage for cables etc. |
| TOPBRASS | Support in varied posts for senior military (3,5) |
| REQUESTSTOPS | Engineers search new posts for public transport facilities (7,5) |
| MOORINGS | Ropes, chains, cables etc. by which a boat or other vessel is secured in a particular place (8) |
| LAPS | Coils of rope, cable etc needed to go around objects, hence circuits of racetracks; an old word for folds of garments; stages of journeys; or, upper parts of thighs when seated (4) |
| HQS | Military command posts, for short |
| DMS | Private Twitter posts, for short |
| CATERPILLARS | Provide sustenance on posts for insects |
| SPONCON | Paid Instagram posts, for short |
| OUTSTATIONS | Border posts for dismissed train stops |
| PUTUPJOBS | Raised posts for prearranged crimes (3-2,4) |
