| DOORKNOB | Handle that is turned to release a latch |
| UNBOLTS | Releases a latch on (7) |
| ADZE | A cutting tool with a blade at right angles to the handle that is used for cutting wood (4) |
| NAMELESSLY | Masking handle that is holding comparatively little |
| IGNITION | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ key, one that is turned in a motor vehicle to fire the engine (8) |
| GARBAGES | Clothing becomes old and is turned to loads of worthless stuff (8) |
| SAPPHIRE | His paper is turned to stone |
| FREEHAND | Discretionary power to release a factory-worker (4,4) |
| CASEMENT | Legal action intended to release a diplomat charged with treason |
| LATCHKEY | Key for raising or drawing back a latch (8) |
| CASTOFF | Term meaning to reject; to release a boat, hawk or hound; or, to finish a final row of stitches and remove from a knitting needle (4,3) |
| GRINDSTONE | A large, round object that is turned by a machine and used to make tools sharper (10) |
| TAROT | Card to tell fortunes is turned to change sides (5) |
| LITMUS | A powder that is turned red by acid and blue by alkali (6) |
| SOLIPSISTIC | Picts' soil that is turned over in a solitary way (11) |
| DIABLE | Meaning "devil", word for a terracotta pot with a handle that also refers to a piquant or spicy French brown sauce with black pepper and cayenne (6) |
| WHEREIS | The Black Eyed Peas collaborated with a number of artists in 2016 to release a version of ___ the Love? with all proceeds going to charity (5,2) |
| SAFETY | Device to release a snagged lead (*a septic fly) (6,4) |
| CLIP | Device to release a snagged lead (*a septic fly) (6,4) |
| BAILOUT | Pay a bond to release (a suspect) from jail (4,3) |
