| STANCE | Foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay in mountaineering; posture; or, a person's standpoint (6) |
| EMPIRE | It's a prime point in which to set up a widespreading dominion (6) |
| SPIKE | Species or type of lavender; another name for an old piton used to belay in rock climbing/mountaineering; or, the nickname of Terence Alan Milligan (5) |
| DOILY | On which to set dessert, primarily greasy? (5) |
| SILL | ledge on which a window rests |
| SHELF | Ledge on which one was left single (5) |
| MOULD | Matrix used in casting; a wire tray used in the process of making paper by hand; or, a container in which to set blancmange, jelly or mousse (5) |
| SLOUCH | From Old Norse for "lazy fellow", a word for an awkward or ungainly person; a hat with a flopping brim; a stoop; a drooping carriage or posture; or, one regarded as incompetent (6) |
| RANGE | A selection from which to choose; or, the full compass, gamut or scope of something, such as a musical instrument or a person's abilities, knowledge, vision or voice (5) |
| STEP | In mountaineering, a foothold cut in a slope of ice/snow; or, a ladder rung (4) |
| ETRIER | In mountaineering, a short portable ladder or set of webbing loops that can be attached to a karabiner or fifi hook |
| LINUS | In "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" he recruits Snoopy and Woodstock to set up a ping-pong table |
| BOAT | Any one of the legumes one is said to be full of when spirited or figuratively spilt when revealing a secret; a cocoa seed, coffee cherry, jelly sweet or vanilla pod, shaped like said pulse; or, a per |
| ENSEMBLE | Instrumentalists in a string quartet or orchestra collectively; the chorus of a ballet company; or, a person's coordinated outfit (8) |
| LATCH | Type of fastener on a garden gate or ledge-and-brace door (5) |
| ALEXANDRAPALACE | Sandy area in which to set a TV transmitter once |
| AGENCIES | The first shop my niece had was in Bridgend -- within three years she'd gone on to set up a number of business organisa- tions (8) |
| ESTABLISH | Place in position, and found how to set up a national church (9) |
| PRUSIKKNOT | In mountaineering, a triple sliding hitch used to attach a loop of cord around a rope (6,4) |
| ADDITION | An algebraic or arithmetical process of combining two or more matrices, numbers or vectors to obtain their sum; or, a person's title (8) |
