| HALTER | A rope or strap used to lead or tether a horse (6) |
| TIEDOWN | Hook, buckle, or strap used to immobilize a large object |
| REINS | Straps used to lead |
| LARIAT | Rope to lasso or tether (6) |
| CIRCUMDUCERE | To lead or draw around |
| STRAPS | Word, related to a term for razor-sharpening thongs or leathers, for long narrow flexible belts, cords, garters, girdles, leashes, looped bands, reins or tethers (6) |
| TIE | Bind or tether |
| LEADS | Cables, flexes or wires; chief roles or clues; or, tethers for dogs (5) |
| ROPES | Word for the cords, guys, lines, stays or tethers that dab hands are said to "know", in an expression that harks back to the days of sailing ships and sailors' skills in tying knots (5) |
| BUCKLE | A clasp used for joining the ends of a belt or strap (6) |
| JESSES | Leather straps used to tether hawks in falconry |
| PULLEY | What is a wheel with a grooved rim for a rope or belt? (6) |
| TETHER | To tie an animal with a rope or chain to restrict its movement (6) |
| BUCKEE | Fastener that holds together two ends of a belt or strap (6) |
| UNKNOT | Remove a tangle from a rope or string (6) |
| SANDAL | Light shoe consisting of a sole held on the foot by thongs or straps (6) |
| LATIGO | Leather strap used in securing a pack saddle |
| SAFETYBELT | Strap used to secure a person to a seat (6,4) |
| TEASE | A fake version of something used to lead into danger or to play a trick (5) |
| REIN | A strap used to control a horse |
