| GUYED | Steadied by attaching a rope to |
| TENTPEG | What guy is steadied by wine and a dose of spirits? |
| CLOVEHITCH | A knot used for securing a rope to a spar, post or larger rope (5,5) |
| STOPPER | Knot at the end of a rope to prevent it from slipping through a narrow gap; or, a bung for a bottle (7) |
| CARTIRE | Attachment to a rope to make a tree swing |
| TIE | What you do to a rope to form a knot |
| BELAY | Fasten a rope to a cleat |
| SHEETBEND | Knot used in fastening a rope to the bight of another rope |
| HITCH | Clove, half, basket, boom ... knot for fastening a rope to a fixed object (5) |
| SHEEPSHANK | Knot consisting of two hitches at the ends of a bight made in a rope to shorten it temporarily (10) |
| EUROPA | You twist a rope to represent mythological character (6) |
| ABSEIL | Use a rope to descend (6) |
| POINTER | Silly nit twirling a rope to catch the pet (7) |
| LIFELINE | Rope attaching a sailor to a boat, or one originally used to send signals to the water's surface by a diver (8) |
| PEASOUPER | Quietly use a rope to get around in thick fog (3-6) |
| SKEWER | A brochette or shish on which to impale food while it is being barbecued, grilled or roasted; a pin with some other function, such as attaching a wheel to a bike; or, a pin-like tactic in chess (6) |
| SKATEBOARD | Once made by attaching wheels to a piece of plank, this sports item is now a highly sophisticated co |
| RENOIR | Which painter, crippled by arthritis, continued to paint by attaching the paintbrush to his hand? |
| TENDON | A cord of fibrous tissue attaching a muscle to a bone or other structure (6) |
| FOB | Chain attaching a watch to a waistcoat pocket of the same name; or, a decorative key ring tab (3) |
