| CROSSHAIR | Either of the two fine lines or wires in the focal plane of a gunsight (9) |
| RETICLE | Network of fine lines or threads in the eyepiece of an optical instrument used to determine an object's scale or position; also called graticule (7) |
| JUNCTION | Place where two or more roads, railway lines or wires meet (8) |
| SECOND | The focal plane of scopes appears for a brief instant (6) |
| DRONE | Small plane of a sort |
| HURRICANE | British fighter plane of WWII (9) |
| SPITFIRES | Single-seat British fighter planes of the Second World War (9) |
| EPICENTRE | Making pie filling was the focal point (9) |
| FILAMENTS | Thin wires in light globes |
| ECLIPTICS | Planes of planetary orbit |
| CROWSFOOT | Fine lines at first described by bird? |
| CROSS | Mark symbolising a kiss in a letter or greetings card; or, a stone structure traditionally the focal point of a town's market square (5) |
| CABLE | Chain or rope for hauling a ship's anchor; or, a wire/bundle of insulated wires in a protective casing (5) |
| DENTS | French for "teeth", used to describe cogs of toothed wheels; slots between wires in looms; slight hollows or dings made by blows or pressure; or, appreciable effects of lessening (5) |
| ABACUS | A counting device of rows of beads on wires in a frame (6) |
| EQUINOX | Name the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator (7) |
| COILS | From the Latin for "collect, gather together", a word for spirals, helices or twists, such as those observed in incense, ropes, snakes, springs or wires; or, figurative entanglements, hubbubs, perplex |
| AZIMUTH | Angle between vertical plane containing a celestial body and plane of the meridian (7) |
| DRYPOINT | An etching needle by which fine lines are drawn to leave an engraving/ burr on a copperplate; or, the print or impression, such as Rembrandt's The Three Crosses, so produced (3-5) |
| LEADS | A word for chief roles; frames holding the glass of stained-glass or lattice windows; lodes; millraces; principal news stories; sinkers; tethers for dogs; or, wires (5) |
