| CYL | Abbreviation for cylinder or cylindrical |
| ROLLS | Word for cylinders or furls of something such as fabric, tin foil or wrapping paper; paradiddles on drums; petit pains; throws of dice; or, wads of banknotes (5) |
| SWIFT | Word for something rapid, such as a "devil bird", "screech martin", fast-flying moth, carding machine's main cylinder or a reel for winding a skein of wool or other yarn (5) |
| BOLSTER | Chisel with a wide blade for cutting bricks or, a long or cylindrical pillow (7) |
| AGATE | Banded chalcedony used by the Egyptians for cylinder seals and later employed for cameos, pestles and mortars, pillboxes and toy marbles; or, ruby type in printing (5) |
| BOBBIN | Cylinder or cone holding yarn or thread (6) |
| CANISTER | A round or cylindrical container for food, rolls of film etc. (8) |
| TUBE | Hollow cylinder or pipe of metal, glass, rubber, etc. long in proportion to its diameter used for conveying fluids, etc |
| PROTUBERANT | Sticking out for cylinder before tirade |
| VACUUMCLEANER | Electrical appliance, upright or cylindrical (6,7) |
| POT | Informal term for cylinder (3) |
| ROLL | Function, it's said, for cylinder (4) |
| SOLID | Like a cylinder or cube, in geometry |
| WINDSOCK | What flexible cylinder or cone indicates wind direction at an airfield? (8) |
| NIKASIL | Friction-resistant coating for cylinders and pistons that gave engines a leap in power when introduced. (7) |
| LUMBERYARD | Plod - is that the English abbreviation for the police or for those working with fences? (10) |
| ATP | Abbreviation for the compound that provides energy for several cell processes; in 1997 Paul Boyer and John Walker received a Nobel for their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying its synth |
| ARCH | Abbreviation for archbishop; or a curved structure (4) |
| ATV | Common abbreviation for a trike or quad (3) |
| OPPO | Military abbreviation for colleague or opposite number (4) |
