| UNREELS | Lengthens, as a fishing line |
| PAD | Lengthen, as a speech |
| ADDTO | Lengthen, as a lead |
| STRETCH | Lengthen, as a rubber band |
| SNAGON | Get caught by, as a fishing line might a dock |
| CAST | Throw out, as a fishing line |
| SNAGGING | Becoming tangled, as a fishing line |
| UNREEL | Let out, as a fishing line |
| REELOUT | Extend, as a fishing line |
| CASTS | Throws, as a fishing line |
| UNREELED | Let out, as a fishing line |
| BAITS | Readies, as a fishing line |
| ROD | A bar, cane, shoot, stick or wand; something thusly rhabdoid, such as a fishing-pole; or, the angler using it (3) |
| SKITTERED | Skipped, as a fishing lure |
| TIESON | Attaches, as a fishing fly |
| TIEDON | Attached, as a fishing fly |
| GARDENSTOWN | Small coastal village in the north-east, founded as a fishing port in 1720 (11) |
| LIVEBAIT | Maggots, for example, used as a fishing lure (4,4) |
| THROW | A cast of dice or a fishing-line; or, a decorative cover for a bed or a sofa (5) |
| SUNKEN | A non-buoyant person or thing; a doughnut in the US; a mistletoe root; or, a weight for carrying a fishing-line beneath the water's surface (6) |
