| THOLE | A vertical wooden peg or pin inserted through the gunwale to form a fulcrum for oars when rowing |
| COTTER | Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together |
| ROWLOCKS | Items fitted to a boat for holding its oars when rowing (8) |
| PINCHBAR | Pointed lever used as a fulcrum for moving heavy objects |
| WHIPSTAFF | Former steering device, a vertical wooden lever controlling a ship's rudder (9) |
| LAPAROSCOPE | A medical instrument consisting of an illuminated tube inserted through the abdominal wall |
| HOOK | A sickle; a curved peg or pin on which to hang a coat or painting; or, an implement for crochet (4) |
| PUDDLE | Circular patch of disturbed water made by the blade of an oar when rowing; or, the amount of extra drapery/ curtain length spilled onto a floor (6) |
| NOG | A small block, peg or pin of timber; or, a drink also called egg-flip (3) |
| SPIGOT | Wooden peg or plug used to stop the vent in a cask (6) |
| ROWLOCK | Fulcrum for oar (7) |
| KNAG | Wooden peg or a knot in wood (4) |
| SCULLION | Menial servant made to use oars when one's working (8) |
| PIVOT | A fulcrum, pin or shaft on which something turns; or, a central person or thing, essential to the success or progress of any undertaking (5) |
| LEVER | A bar or board that rests on a support called a fulcrum. A downward force exerted on one end of this tool can be transferred and increased in an upward direction at the other end, allowing a small for |
| CATHETER | A flexible tube inserted through a narrow opening into a body cavity for removing fluid (8) |
| PILOT | Based on the Greek for "oar, rudder", a word originally for the steersman of a ship, later an aviator, hot-air balloonist or jockey (5) |
| SCULLS | Thought from "rinse, wash", a word for oars; boats propelled by such spoons; or, the race for said vessels (6) |
| OARLOCK | What is the American name for the device attached to a boat's gunwale in which the oar swings? (7) |
| GROPE | Search blindly for the hawser near the top of the gunwale (5) |
