| EYELET | Small hole for a lace or cord to be drawn through (6) |
| EYELETS | Small holes for laces or cords to be passed through (7) |
| SMEUSE | A dialect word, combining the Old French for "secret hiding place" and "smoot", meaning a small hole, for a gap in a fence or hedge for the passing of a rabbit or a hare (6) |
| POROUS | With small holes for liquid to pass through (6) |
| STRAWS | They can be drawn or drawn through |
| STROKE | A line drawn through political conniving (6) |
| THREAD | The doctor has a cord to find (6) |
| AWL | Tool typically used to create a small hole for a nail or screw |
| DIBBLE | Make a hole for a seed (6) |
| STRING | Cord to tie up a parcel (6) |
| RECALL | Summon cord to connect two sides up (6) |
| DIB | Make a small hole, for a seed or seedling perhaps (3) |
| BAND | A stripe such as the heraldic bar-sinister; a lace or linen cavalier collar; a range of frequencies or wavelengths in a spectrum; a rock group; or, a gang of gorillas, men, outlaws or thieves (4) |
| TASSEL | Cord to secure loose slates (6) |
| TARGET | Hole, for a putting golfer |
| LACE | A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment). |
| TUFT | Bunch of feathers or grass; or, a group of threads drawn through a mattress, quilt or upholstery (4) |
| LOOP | A coil or turn in a lace or length of thread when tying a knot (4) |
| DORIC | Order one cord to be made free (5) |
| OWLET | Anything to eat ends in small hole for small predator (5) |
