|  | BITTS | Posts for securing cables etc (5) | 
|  | BITT | Ship post for securing cables | 
|  | BOLLARDS | Posts for securing ropes (8) | 
|  | DUCTS | Enclosed conduits for air, liquids, cables, etc. (5) | 
|  | STILT | Dialect for a crutch or a plough handle; either of a pair of poles worn to increase one's height; one of a set of posts for raising a building above the water; or, a long-legged wader (5) | 
|  | MALES | They sound like posts for men (5) | 
|  | GATES | Posts for some security guards | 
|  | METAE | Boundary markers, esp. turning posts for racers in the circus | 
|  | ROOST | Take covers off iron posts for bed | 
|  | DUCT | Passage for cables etc. | 
|  | TOPBRASS | Support in varied posts for senior military (3,5) | 
|  | REQUESTSTOPS | Engineers search new posts for public transport facilities (7,5) | 
|  | MOORINGS | Ropes, chains, cables etc. by which a boat or other vessel is secured in a particular place (8) | 
|  | LAPS | Coils of rope, cable etc needed to go around objects, hence circuits of racetracks; an old word for folds of garments; stages of journeys; or, upper parts of thighs when seated (4) | 
|  | HQS | Military command posts, for short | 
|  | DMS | Private Twitter posts, for short | 
|  | CATERPILLARS | Provide sustenance on posts for insects | 
|  | SPONCON | Paid Instagram posts, for short | 
|  | OUTSTATIONS | Border posts for dismissed train stops | 
|  | PUTUPJOBS | Raised posts for prearranged crimes (3-2,4) |