| DEFENSIVE | In an attitude or position of defense |
| STRADDLE | An act of standing or sitting astride; a non-committal attitude or position; or, a high jump or leap resembling the splits in midair (8) |
| POSED | Took up an attitude, or pretended one put the question (5) |
| ECTOPIA | An abnormal location or position of an organ or body part (7) |
| ASPECT | View in a certain direction; or, position of a garden in relation to the points of a compass (6) |
| FOREGROUND | In favour of canon being without say or position of prominence |
| DEPOSED | Removed from an office or position of power or rank (7) |
| POISE | One in an attitude displaying an air of assurance (5) |
| ONONESHIGHHORSE | A lot of hands up, in an attitude of feigned superiority (2,4,4,5) |
| PEDESTAL | A support upon which a bust, column, statue or vase is mounted, hence a figurative place or position of eminence, esteem or reverence (8) |
| ONONESKNEES | Exhausted, in an attitude of prayer (2,4,5) |
| AGAPE | In an attitude of wonder (5) |
| POSTURE | One's bodily bearing or carriage when sitting, standing, walking etc; deportment; a yogic hand gesture or mudra; or, a mental attitude or moral stance adopted towards an issue (7) |
| STATE | Claim / the existing condition or position of a person or a thing |
| STANCE | Posture or position of the body |
| LOCATE | To discover the exact place or position of (6) |
| ABBACY | Estate or position of monastery head (6) |
| GAIETY | State or feeling, attitude, or atmosphere of liveliness and fun (6) |
| CAPRICE | Sudden or unpredictable change of attitude or behaviour (7) |
| AUSTERE | Severe or strict in attitude or manner (7) |
