| BACKBOARD | In basketball, a flat upright surface supported on a high frame, under which the basket is attached (9) |
| CREEL | The basket is about to sway (5) |
| EASELED | Supported on a |
| TRESTLETABLE | Surface supported by two angled frames (7,5) |
| TREMBLE | High frames made beginner shake |
| PLUMB | Weight, typically of lead, hung on a line to determine depth of water, verticality of an upright surface etc. (5) |
| PLUMBBOB | Weight at end of device determining vertical on an upright surface (5,3) |
| DUNK | In basketball, a shot in which the ball is thrown down through the basket (4) |
| FREETHROW | In basketball, a penalty shot at the goal (4,5) |
| SCORPION | Common name for the yoga pose vrischikasana, in which the body is supported on the forearms and the feet hang over the head (8) |
| ARABESQUE | Ballet posture where the dancer is supported on one leg and the other leg extends backwards |
| TESTER | Canopy over a bed, supported on the bedposts or suspended from the ceiling (6) |
| LECAR | Name under which the Renault 5 was marketed in the U.S. |
| JAMES | Nom de plume under which the Baroness of Holland Park enigmatically published Cover Her Face, Shroud for a Nightingale, The Private Patient and all other Dalgliesh mysteries (5) |
| OBSCENE | ___ Publications Act, 1959 law under which the publishers of Lady Chatterley's Lover were prosecuted in 1960 (7) |
| ELLIS | Pen name under which the author Edith Pargeter wrote The Cadfael Chronicles, _ Peters (5) |
| HACKSAW | Blade in a frame under tension (7) |
| DIRTYJOKE | Some blue material from jeans initially caught in frame under muck (5,4) |
| WIMOWEH | Title under which "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" originally charted, in 1952 |
| WASHINGTON | & 1D Name under which the Super Bowl XVII, XXII and XXVI champions won their titles (10,8) |
