| SANCTUARY | Refuge or safety (9) |
| RESTRAINT | Seat belt or safety harness |
| HOLT | Term for a fortress/keep originally, later a dialect word for a grasp or grip; an otter's riverbank couch, den or lair; a refuge; or, from "twig", a copse, orchard, wood or wooded hill (4) |
| BOTHY | Originally for itinerant farm workers, a cottage or hut in the Scottish Highlands, mountains or remote parts of Britain as a refuge or temporary dwelling (5) |
| HOLDS | A word for grasps or grips; copses, hillocks or woods; orchards; refuges; or, couches, dens or lairs of otters (5) |
| RETREAT | Place of refuge or privacy; or, the withdrawal by a military force from a place of danger (7) |
| OASIS | Desert spring often surrounded by date palms; or, a refuge or haven (5) |
| ASYLUM | Place of refuge or protection (6) |
| SHELTER | Temporary refuge or residence for homeless persons (7) |
| SHELTERS | Finds refuge or takes cover (8) |
| HIDEOUT | Place of refuge or concealment (7) |
| PSA | Health or safety message, e.g. |
| CALL | "Safe!" in baseball, or "Safety!" in football |
| TACKLE | Play from a linebacker or safety |
| PIN | Bobby or safety ____ |
| BELT | Money or safety - |
| NET | Word that can follow cargo or safety |
| RAZOR | Word after straight or safety |
| CHECK | Inspect for satisfactory condition, accuracy or safety (5) |
| HOSPICE | Place of refuge, or for the terminally ill (7) |
