| TRAMMEL | A beam compass; a type of fishing net; or, an adjustable hook for holding one or a series of cooking pots or kettles over an open fire (7) |
| TRAWL | At last left uncooked inside a type of fishing net |
| DOGS | Word for andirons, cocks of guns, contemptible scoundrels or hooks for holding logs; or, more commonly, the canines humans laud as best friends (4) |
| DENTURES | Removable plates holding one or more artificial teeth (8) |
| DRIFT | Blanket of snowdrops, daffodils, bluebells or other flowers; a cattle drove road; a set of fishing nets; or, a collective noun for swans on water (5) |
| BUNT | Baggy centre of a fishing net or a sail (4) |
| SEINE | Fishing net, or a river |
| DENOUNCE | Run down slow person for holding one up (8) |
| TIARA | Thanks for holding one altogether exhausted woman's accessory! (5) |
| BOX | A container for a selection of chocolates; the case of a ship's compass; a numbered pigeonhole for mail; or, a coachman's seat (3) |
| NEEDLE | Leaf of a fir or pine tree; pointer on a navigational compass; a stylus; or, an implement used in pairs for knitting (6) |
| FINDER | One who discovers, looks through a lens or spots a needle in a haystack; a small telescope that locates stars for a larger one; or, a photographer's view-seeker or lensman's sight (6) |
| CHAPTER | From "caput", meaning "head", a titled division of a book or other written work; a distinctive period in history or in a person's life; or, a series of events forming an episode (7) |
| SPINE | Part of a book visible when shelved; a prickle of a hedgehog/quill of a porcupine; or, a series of vertebrae (5) |
| STRING | Cord of an archery bow; a "wire" of a violin; fibrous strip of a runner bean; or, a series of linked sausages (6) |
| JEWELCASE | An ornamental box for holding one's bijouterie and gemmery; or, a slimline plastic cover for a CD (5,4) |
| CORE | Any one of 206 rigid members of an internal body, including a notably funny one; or, a stiffening busk or baleen in a corset, causing one to "stay" upright (4) |
| SWARM | To climb by gripping with one's hands/feet; a throng of honey bees; a mass of bioluminescent krill, visible from space; a shower of meteors; or, a series of earthquakes (5) |
| FOUNTAIN | Word first for a natural spring of water, later for an artificial one; or, a reservoir in a lamp/pen for oil/ink (8) |
| VISTA | A distant view through or along an avenue / an extensive mental view (as over a stretch of time or a series of events) |
