| PLEDGE | Security needed for place on the border |
| TARBERT | Gaelic-derived name for place on isthmus (7) |
| INDUSTRIALIST | Competitor for place on river an enterprising sort |
| ALASKA | Cold place on the borders of Kamchatka, unfortunately |
| INDEMNITY | Security needed by elected Democrat with lousy, disheartened support |
| UNCLE | Relative security needed by one? |
| ADOLESCENT | Social security needed during growth of teenager (10) |
| STEADING | From the Old English for "place", word for a farmhouse and the range of outbuildings surrounding it (8) |
| THEMEPARK | The man holding the record for place of entertainment (5,4) |
| STOKE | Common prefix for English towns and villages, from the Old English word for place (5) |
| STILLROOMS | Word for places in medieval or Tudor households for the preparation of cordials, herbal tinctures, liqueurs, medicines, scents, soap etc originally, later for housekeepers' pantries (10) |
| OASIS | In the middle of toast, wish for place of safety (5) |
| PLAYED | Competed for place in gym on Open Day (6) |
| CATHEDRAL | Converted, the cardinal having left home for place of worship (9) |
| ORAN | Port name that comes from the Berber for "place of lions" |
| RHYME | A poet's race for place, for example (5) |
| LIEUTENANT | Rank that comes from the French for "place" and "holding" |
| TABLE | Place for place settings |
| LHASA | Tibetan for "place of the gods" |
| BORERAY | Drill hole on beam for place in St Kilda (7) |
