| SLATTING | Boards that support a mattress |
| RAFTERS | Timbers that support a roof (7) |
| STEMS | Stalks that support a leaf, flower, or fruit. (5) |
| STIRRUPS | Devices that support a horse rider's feet (8) |
| INASECOND | *Words that support a motion |
| STAYS | Heavy ropes that support a boat's mast (5) |
| COMMITTEE | Board/boards that Bill needs for passage (9,5) |
| SLATS | Boards that hold up mattresses |
| 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 |
| STEM | Section forming part of a ship, bike, wine glass, watch, musical note or letter; or, a structure that supports a flower, fruit or leaf (4) |
| RIGGING | Cordage that supports a ship's masts/sails or joins a hot-air balloon's basket to its envelope; or, aerial apparatus for a flying trapeze (7) |
| PEDESTAL | A base that supports a column, statue, etc (8) |
| PAPOOSES | Native American infants or the cradle boards that carry them |
| DRIFTWOOD | Boards that are floated if word 'dot' is used (9) |
| TEE | Gizmo that supports a golf ball |
| PONTOON | Float that supports a bridge |
| TRESTLE | Framework that supports a table top (7) |
| RAFTER | Beam that supports a roof (6) |
| TRUSS | Framework that supports a bridge |
| EGGCUP | Encourage competition that supports a cooked breakfast |
