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20 answers for: It holds the spines upright (9)
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BOOKSHELFIt holds the spines upright (9)
BOOKENDSThey keep spines upright ... or the first and last two letters of the starred clues' answers, in two ways?
GROSGRAINRibbon used for hatbands, reinforcing the spines of books, trimming clothes or making bows (9)
TURNTABLEIt holds the record for playing around (9)
LETTERBOXIt holds the post for Spooner's improved rugby players reportedly (6,3)
BOOKCASEWhere the spines are arranged in lines
SHARPLike the spines of a cactus
IGUANAA reptile noted for the spines on its back (6)
PROCESSToothlike upward projection at the back of the spine's second cervical vertebra (axis) (8,7)
ODONTOIDToothlike upward projection at the back of the spine's second cervical vertebra (axis) (8,7)
PRICKLESThorns; groups of hedgehogs; or, the spines of said animals (8)
KEELSThe spines of ships or backbones of boats, but also their undoings (5)
COCCYXBone at the spine's base
INEPTIt is clumsy, the way it holds the writer back (5)
TAROTIt holds the sun and the moon
LATCHIt holds the door in the chapel at Christmas (5)
CORNETIt holds the ice cream, blow it! (6)
PENCILCASEIt holds the wherewithal to draw spice clean out of it (6-4)
SEAWATEROne member of overseas Special Forces nearly gets drunk at The Tap - it holds the ship up! (8)
RODIt holds the line