| WHISTLE | Steam-operated signalling device on an old railway locomotive or a traditional kettle; or, a simple type of fipple flute or flageolet (7) |
| PADDLEWHEEL | Propelling device on an old Mississippi steamer (6,5) |
| IRONHORSE | Nickname for a locomotive or a motorcycle |
| SHRILL | Like the sound of a traditional kettle |
| TRIVET | A three-legged prop for a cooking pot or kettle; or, a low support for a hot dish or teapot on a table (6) |
| WELL | A pre-tap water source to fill one's kettle; or, a word meaning fit, hale and hearty or in fine fettle (4) |
| MAANDPA | The Kettles, or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| UNITE | "Oneness" in the form of an association of workers; a coupling for pipes; an esemplastic device on an ensign, flag or jack; a students' club; a textile woven from a combination or fusion of fibres; or |
| TWITCH | A sharp jerk or pull; a pang; a muscle spasm; an outing taken in order to spot a rare bird; or, a traditional horse-calming noose on a stick (6) |
| MOGUL | A business magnate or media tycoon; a 2-6-0 steam locomotive; or, from "hillock", a bump/hump of snow on a piste formed by skiers turning (5) |
| MATCHSTICK | Wooden part of a vesta, to whose characteristic long thinness a julienne vegetable or a simple line drawing of a human figure are likened (10) |
| STIR | Underworld slang for a prison, fancifully thought to reflect inmates' restless, rousing or perhaps disturbed movement within; or, a simple beat, blend, churn or mix in cookery (4) |
| COWL | Monk's hooded habit; or, a device on an oast's chimney (4) |
| BELL | Signalling device often found on a traditional sit-up-and-beg bike; or, the end of a trumpet (4) |
| SCULL | Each of a pair of oars used to propel a racing shell of the same name; or, a traditional Scottish basket for fish or potatoes (5) |
| REEL | Spool for thread or fishing line; a cylinder for film; or, a traditional Scottish country dance (4) |
| FARE | An archaic verb meaning to journey; a bus/taxi passenger's fee; or, a traditional spread of food (4) |
| TRAIN | A line of coaches or wagons coupled together and drawn by a railway locomotive (5) |
| BULLROARER | A thin wooden slat on a cord, used as a musical instrument and signalling device |
| CAULDRON | Could rant endlessly about a kettle or pot on the boil! (8) |
