| RUNG | A horizontal metal or wooden bar on a ladder for supporting a person's foot (4) |
| FLAIL | Threshing tool consisting of a free-swinging metal or wooden bar (swingle or swiple) attached to a long handle (5) |
| PARALLEL | --- bars are a piece of gymnastics equipment consisting of a pair of wooden bars on uprights (8) |
| PORTCULLIS | A grating of iron or wooden bars, usually suspended by chains above the gateway of a castle or fortified town (10) |
| BEAM | Timber structure for supporting a roof; or, a raised horizontal bar for gymnastics (4) |
| LAST | A metal or wooden form on which a shoe is fashioned (4) |
| GATE | Simple metal or wooden structure opening into a field or a garden (4) |
| RAKE | Garden tool consisting of a row of metal or wooden teeth attached to a long handle (4) |
| HOOF | The corneous part of an equid's ungula; an animal with said trotter; or, facetiously, a person's foot (4) |
| SOLE | Undersurface of a person's foot (4) |
| BAIL | In cricket, a small wooden bar placed upon the stumps (4) |
| BIER | A frame for supporting a coffin |
| STEP | Casseroled meat and vegetable dish . Rung on a ladder (4) |
| EXEC | Person near the top of the corporate ladder for short |
| CEOS | Those at the top of the corporate ladder, for short |
| YOKE | Wooden bar joining |
| SLING | Strap for hurling a stone; a swathe of cloth for supporting a baby close to the body; or, a type of cocktail (5) |
| BEANPOLE | A tall cane or stick for supporting a leguminous vine; or, by extension, a thin lofty ectomorphic person (8) |
| DRYRUN | The dray lacks a ladder for the practice session (3,3) |
| TRIVET | A metal or wooden stand for a cooking pot (6) |
