| PENDULUM | A rod with a weight at the end which swings from side to side to regulate a clockwork mechanism (8) |
| COARSEST | Small weight at the end of the Curragh race says it's the roughest (8) |
| WIND | To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism (4) |
| DUMBBELL | A short bar with a weight at each end used typically in pairs for exercise or building muscle (8) |
| SUPERIOR | Fantastic, it looks like they'll have ten right at the end which is much better |
| PULL | A tasselled cord or a rod with a chain for sounding a bell; part of an oar stroke; or, a period of rowing (4) |
| SPINDLE | A rod with a notch in the top, used to draw out natural fibres for spinning into thread (7) |
| FERTILE | Produced trifle, at the end, which proved fruitful (7) |
| FISHTAIL | What mermaid has to swing from side to side? (8) |
| SERRATED | Locusts have ___ jaws which move from side to side to cut through plant food |
| APPESTAT | Hypothetical neural centre in the hypothalamus believed to regulate a person's hunger (8) |
| BALANCED | Was poised to regulate a watch, for instance, by day (8) |
| TIPSTAFF | Rod with a cap of metal carried as a badge by some officials (8) |
| CRETONNE | Material Circe evens out with a weight (8) |
| SPECIALK | Cereal brand with a weight-loss challenge |
| MODULATE | Regulate a model in part of spacecraft (8) |
| GASOLINE | Regulate a legion's fuel (8) |
| MODERATE | Can regulate a cool customer, on average (8) |
| GOVERNOR | Device which regulates a machine's supply of fuel or water |
| SWAY | A rhythmical motion from side to side, to and fro or back and forth; a leaning movement; rule, control or influence; or, a switch for thatching (4) |
