| HOLD | Aeroplane or ship's cargo space; or, a pause in music indicated with a fermata (4) |
| BIRDSEYE | A fermata; a kind of primrose, speedwell, tobacco or other plant with flowers of two contrasting colours; a small yet fiery red chilli pepper; a pattern of spotted diamonds; or, a term denoting a view |
| STOP | Halting place of a bus or a train; or, a pause or break during a journey (4) |
| FERMATA | A pause, in music |
| ER | Expressing hesitation or a pause in speech |
| UM | Expressing hesitation or a pause in speech |
| HLDS | Ships' cargo spaces: Abbr. |
| MOOD | It may be indicated with a ring that changes colors (4) |
| REST | Pause, in music |
| LOGS | Arboreal trunks, sometimes hollowed to make dugout canoes or monoxylons; or, ships' journals (4) |
| THAT | The one indicated with the top hat |
| HULL | Cargo space |
| CREW | A gang or ship's company (4) |
| NAUT | Of seamen or ships: Abbr. |
| SANK | Went down, as hearts or ships |
| LANE | Narrow path for walkers, cars or ships |
| VAN | Short word for a house on wheels; a motor vehicle with cargo space for deliveries/transporting; a railway boxwagon; or, a winnowing basket (3) |
| REGION | Area or administrative district of a country; a portion of outer space; or, a division or part of the body (6) |
| CLOSE | A word meaning "to shut", hence a shut-in courtyard, cul-de-sac, lane, small field or other confined space; or, a cathedral's surrounding precinct (5) |
| MOUSER | A farm or ship's cat charged with hunting murine gnawers, squeakers or timorous beasties; a mog proficient at catching rodents generally; a prying person; or, in Scotland, a man's whiskers (6) |