| BRIDGEHEAD | Can cross over, up to a point, to secure an advanced position (10) |
| IDLENESS | Just tick over, up to a point, with time to kill (8) |
| WINS | Good results with point to secure at home (4) |
| DRAW | To pull a thing over, up, or across / sketch / stalemate |
| EAT | Out . Over . Up (3) |
| TENDERNESS | Offer, up to a point, to show one's gentle side (10) |
| FIRINGLINE | Sacking Neil, working in most advanced position (6,4) |
| COUNTYLINE | Boundary one can cross |
| SACROSANCT | Untouchable criminal can cross boundaries of agreement |
| GAMBIT | Opening move in a game of chess in which a player sacrifices a piece, usually a pawn, to secure an advantageous position (6) |
| GRAPNEL | Device consisting of a multiple hook attached to one end of a rope that is thrown over a mooring to secure an object (7) |
| WATCHSTRAP | It secures an armed timing device (10) |
| LAYBY | A system of paying a deposit to secure an article to buy later (5) |
| STREETSAHEAD | Ways, up to a point, to get into a superior position (7,5) |
| UPSTAGED | Went back to secure an advantage over a fellow player? (8) |
| SEAL | Device such as a signet for making an impression in melted wax to secure an envelope (4) |
| HARNESS | May start to have right, up to a point, to get some tackle (7) |
| AFGHANI | A series of letters in order to secure an Asian currency |
| ATANCHOR | A pile of rock needed to secure an ecclesiastical building, still in the water |
| MANIACS | Psychopaths set up swindle to secure an investment, at first (7) |
