| RETE | A net, so a trap or a snare |
| PULL | Word exclaimed to request the release of a clay pigeon from a trap; or, a phase of a swim stroke (4) |
| ROOST | Perch caught up in net, so organised (5) |
| ESCORTED | About time side finally put ball in net - so you'll never walk alone |
| STEPPINGSTONE | Treading on net, so arranged as to be means of progress (8-5) |
| LEAP | Dialect for a basket, an eel trap or a wicker net; a waterfall ascended by salmon; or, a melodic interval (4) |
| KNUR | Ball used in a game with a trap or "spell"; or, a knot in a tree trunk (4) |
| MESH | Word for the opening or interstice between threads of a net; a network; a trap; or, any interlaced structure (4) |
| DECOY | A person or thing used to lure an animal or person into a trap or danger |
| SNARE | Trap, or a drum used in trap music |
| GIN | Another word for a trap or snare (3) |
| HOOK | A trap or snare |
| POT | Form of cookware; a wicker lobster trap; or, a spouted vessel from which tea is poured (3) |
| CREEL | An angler's wickerwork wisket for fish; a crab trap; or, a lobster pot (5) |
| ENSNARED | Put in a trap or state of entanglement (8) |
| WIRE | Device working a trap or alarm when stumbled over (8) |
| TRIP | Device working a trap or alarm when stumbled over (8) |
| ENSNARES | Catches in a trap or plan (8) |
| MANTA | Word for a blanket, cloak or shawl; or, a gigantic ray named for being caught in a blanketing trap or for resembling an enormous quilt (5) |
| TENNIS | Sin at the net and then return to the service (6) |
