| HYPHEN | Punctuation mark for joining two syllables or words (6) |
| SOLDER | Alloy for joining two metal surfaces (6) |
| DIGRAM | Sequence of two adjacent elements from a string of tokens, which are typically letters, syllables, or words, often used in analysis |
| ACCENT | From Latin for "to chant", stress on a note, syllable or word; the diacritic indicating this; one's modulation or brogue; or, any distinguishing mark (6) |
| STRESS | Relative emphasis placed on a syllable or word (6) |
| IAMBUS | Metrical unit of two syllables (6) |
| IAMBIC | Of a metrical foot of two syllables, one short and one long (6) |
| FUSION | The process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity (6) |
| COLLAR | Ring joining two pipes (6) |
| UPRISE | Revolt, and when its two syllables are swapped, a phrase meaning the same thing |
| CHARADES | From the Provencal meaning "conversation" and the Spanish for "clownishness", absurd pretences; or, a game based on guessing acted riddles, syllables or words (8) |
| RAMP | Slope or inclined plane especially for joining two levels of ground, floor, etc |
| STRAIT | Narrow passage joining two large areas of water |
| AFRAME | A sawhorse has a beam joining two ____s |
| BEND | Curved shape of a bow; a meander in a river; a half-butt of leather; or, a type of knot for joining two ropes together (4) |
| SHEET | ___ bend, knot used for joining two ropes |
| ELBOW | Right-angled bend for joining two pipes (5) |
| ALAHLI | The Saudi club that Edouard Mendy is joining. (2-4) |
| ELISION | The omission of sounds, syllables or words in speech (eg fish 'n' chips) (7) |
| SCAT | Word meaning "scoot, scram"; a jazz singer's interpolation of nonsense syllables; or, dialect for a blow, break, spell, sudden rain shower or throw (4) |
