| GAFFS | Iron hooks for landing fish |
| GAFF | Stick with an iron hook for landing large fish |
| REEL | Aid for landing fish after a little resistance |
| GAFFE | For landing fish near Spain, it's seen as an embarrassment (5) |
| SPOONNET | Oval-shaped, it's used for landing fish (5,3) |
| STAND | Company of plovers; a flock of flamingos; a platform for a band; or, a framework with hooks for hats (5) |
| GRAPNEL | Rope with multiple hooks for anchoring (7) |
| PEGS | Hooks for hanging things on |
| WRITER | Bell hooks, for one |
| HONED | Sharpen some hooks for Ned (5) |
| PIKEMAN | Old soldier landing fish on island |
| CATCHING | Hooking and landing fish - contagious! (8) |
| PERCHING | Landing fish in middle of night |
| GRAPES | Name, from vine-gathering "hooks", for the "winberiges" or "wineberries" whose vintage refers to the year said vine fruits were harvested (6) |
| KOHINOOR | Iron hook hammered into rock |
| CLAW | Old English "iron hook", today's nail, pincer or talon of a bird or animal such as a bear, cat, crab, dog or rook (4) |
| PIRATE | A tripe concoction for Captain Hook, for example (6) |
| BAIT | Worm on a hook, for a fish |
| PADDLINGPOOL | Paddy almost caught by Hook for funding play area for young swimmers (8,4) |
| TRAMMEL | From "tri mesh", a three-layered dragnet; a hobble for a horse, hence anything that hinders free action; a beam compass; a fowling-net; or, a hook for pots in a fireplace (7) |
