| LOCKED | Secured with a key or bolt (6) |
| ESCORT | Lead key or bolt, ultimately (6) |
| LOCK | A tress; a grapple in wrestling; a section of a canal for raising and lowering boats; or, a device opened with a key or combination (4) |
| ROOKERY | Building or key or bolts (7) |
| WINDED | A step of a spiral staircase; a key or knob for coiling a clock or watch's spring; a bobbin; or, a horn blower (6) |
| LEGEND | The story of a saint's life; a traditional tale; or, a key or guide to the symbols on a map (6) |
| LOCKUP | A jail or roundhouse; an off-site garage, shelter for a motor car, small shop, storage unit etc, secured with a bolt; or, a long-term investment (4-2) |
| TASSEL | Ornamental tuft of threads secured with a knot for upholstery or a mortarboard; thin plate of gold on an episcopal robe; inflorescence of maize; or, a ribbon bookmark (6) |
| THREAD | Spiral part of a screw or bolt (6) |
| DESERT | Depart or bolt from the Gobi or Kalahari maybe? (6) |
| WICKET | Gate secured with a catch (6) |
| PITIED | Felt sorry for irrational figure secured with a rope (6) |
| FABRIC | Textile such as candlewick, chambray, cotton, linen or ticking, sold or stored in rolls or "bolts" (6) |
| DASHER | One pulling ahead of a gifted fat bloke or Bolt? |
| NOOSED | Ensnared / secured with a loop |
| PINNED | Secured with a metal spike |
| PEGGED | Secured with a wooden pin |
| EARBOB | Thing secured with a post |
| FASTEN | Belt or bolt |
| RIVETS | Nails or bolts for holding together metal plates (6) |
