| PITUITARY | The master endocrine gland, attached by a stalk to the base of the brain (9) |
| GOOSEBARNACLE | A marine crustacean, living attached by a stalk to pieces of wood (5,8) |
| PITUITARIES | Master endocrine glands |
| TORSO | Top of a stalk to which flowers are attached (5) |
| FOBWATCH | A timepiece attached by a chain or ribbon to a waistcoat pocket (3,5) |
| HAIR | Set-up with bait attached by a short length to bare hook (4,3) |
| RIG | Set-up with bait attached by a short length to bare hook (4,3) |
| TOADSTOOL | The spore-bearing body of a fungus, in the form of a cap on a stalk (9) |
| CALCANEUS | Largest bone of the foot, to which the calf muscles are attached by the Achilles tendon (9) |
| CLIMBDOWN | Submit to pressure and return to the base camp? (5,4) |
| RABBITPUNCH | A sharp blow to the back of the head or to the base of the skull that can cause serious injury (6,5) |
| PALM | The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers. |
| PANDERING | Playing to the base |
| TRUSS | A bundle of hay or straw; a pack; a fitting by which a yard is fixed to a mast; a corbel; a cluster of flowers/fruit on a stalk; or, any supporting framework (5) |
| THORACICDUCT | Canal which begins below the diaphragm and ascends in front of the spinal column to the base of the neck (8,4) |
| THORACIC | The --- duct begins below the diaphragm and ascends to the base of the neck (8) |
| PINEAL | Name of the endocrine gland near the centre of the brain that releases melatonin into the bloodstream (6) |
| THALAMUS | Either of the two contiguous egg-shaped masses of grey matter at the base of the brain (8) |
| FATE | ___-line-(vertical-line-from-the-wrist-to-the-base-of-the-middle-finger,-in-palm-reading) |
| STREWN | A wren, flying to the base of the nest, had scattered it (6) |
