| EARPHONES | Speakers placed on the head (9) |
| OPERATORS | Speakers placed outside exercise class for telephonists (9) |
| CUP | A mortarboard; a cone historically placed on the head of a "dunce" as a mark of disgrace; or, an item awarded to a selectee of a national sports team, hence the player chosen (3) |
| ANADEMS | Seaman sailing around beginning of December gets wreaths placed on the head (7) |
| ORCHESTRATOR | Music expert has speaker placed round front of royal box |
| MERCYSEAT | The gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant |
| DETONATOR | Warning device placed on the rail surface (9) |
| OFFERTORY | Part of the Eucharist in which bread and wine are placed on the altar |
| SERVIETTE | Small piece of linen placed on the table for use during a meal (9) |
| MOTORBIKE | Microphone, placed on the exterior of robot, interfered with transport mechanism (9) |
| PIERGLASS | A tall narrow light-enhancing framed mirror placed on the trumeau between two windows, often above an accompanying console table (4,5) |
| ANCHOR | A popular stop-off point on the Trans-Pennine Trail, Altrincham's Rope and ___ is perfectly placed on the walking and cycling route that links the North Sea to the Irish Sea (6) |
| SLIDE | Flat platform where specimen on the slide is placed on the light microscope (5) |
| EISLER | Hanns ___, Leipzig-born composer who was one of the first artists placed on the Hollywood blacklist by the movie studio bosses |
| CLEF | In music, a symbol placed on the left-hand side of each stave, indicating the pitch of the music written after it (4) |
| TREBLECLEF | What, also called the G-clef, is placed on the second line of the staff? (6,4) |
| QUARRY | From cor "heart", term for the parts of a deer placed on the hide and rewarded to the hounds originally, later any animal hunted or hawked (6) |
| AUTOMAT | Food dispenser placed on the floor of the car? (7) |
| STARTINGGATE | A movable barrier placed on the line at the beginning of a horse race (8,4) |
| DIAPER | It's placed on the bottom |
