| BIGHT | Curve or loop in a rope (5) |
| NOOSE | Loop in a rope made with a slip knot (5) |
| SHANK | Stem of an anchor, spoon or key; or, a ring or loop on the back of a type of button without holes (5) |
| HITCH | Word for a knot in a rope; or, possibly alluding to this, an obstacle or snag (5) |
| PECAN | A nut in a rope canoe (5) |
| LASSO | A loop in a glass of orange (5) |
| BANDS | Hoops or loops of rubber or iron ? (5) |
| OPERA | Musical drama in a rope trick? (5) |
| OXBOW | U-shaped loop in a stream (5) |
| BCCED | Kept in the loop, in a way |
| CCING | Keeping in the loop, in a way |
| LINKS | Scottish word for sandy ground, hence a type of golf course near the sea; or, loops forming chains (5) |
| BENDS | Forces into a curve or angle (5) |
| SINUS | Air-filled skull cavity, a Latin word meaning "curve" or "pocket" |
| TUFT | Word with a bunch of meanings including a beard, a feathery crest, a grassy clump, a loop in a rug, a tassel or a wisp of a squirrel's fluffy tail/ear (4) |
| PITCH | Fastball, curve or slider |
| TURNING | Word for a bend, crossroads, curve or junction; the shaping of a vase or other crock in pottery; or, the action or skill of using a lathe (7) |
| CRENEL | An embrasure, indentation or loop between two merlons or parapets in a castle's battlements (6) |
| LUGS | From "forelocks, hair pulls", word for fruit/vegetable boxes, leather tugs or other things that can be pulled or laid hold of; in the Scots dialect, ears; lappets or flaps of caps; handles or loops; o |
| KNOT | A tangle in a rope or cord (4) |
