| LATCH | A fastening on a door or gate (5) |
| UNBOLTING | Releasing a fastening on (9) |
| FROGGING | Ornamental braiding or fastening on a garment (8) |
| RUNNINGKNOT | Fastening on a lasso to enable the rope to be tightened quickly (7,4) |
| UNBUCKLE | Loosen the fastenings on a satchel or pair of sandals (8) |
| HINGE | A cardinal direction - north, south, east or west; a device upon which a door or gate swings; the joint of a bivalve mollusc's shell; or, a philatelic mount for a postage stamp (5) |
| BUST | A sculpted portrait, often set on a pedestal in a grand room; the economic antithesis of a boom; a blackjack loser's fate; or, a police raid involving a smash of a door or gate (4) |
| ENTRY | Door or gate (5) |
| KNOCK | Informal word for an innings in cricket; a rap on a door; or, a noise in an engine caused by detonation (5) |
| WAYIN | Door or gate, any entrance (3,2) |
| EXIT | A door or gate by which people may leave (4) |
| LACES | Fastenings on different scale (5) |
| CLASP | A fastening, such as a catch or hook (5) |
| WREATH | Circlet of seasonal winter greenery placed on a door or a table during the festive season; a niveous drift formed in a blizzard; or, a curl of smoke or cloud (6) |
| LIANA | A fastening rigged up for vine (5) |
| CLAMP | A third-rate torch used as a fastening device |
| UNTIE | To release from a fastening (5) |
| CATCH | Bag with a fastening device (5) |
| BOLTS | Bars that can be slid into sockets to lock doors or gates (5) |
| SCREW | Turn around continually with a fastening device |
