| FRET | The ridge on the neck of a guitar |
| FRETS | Wooden or metal ridges on the neck of a guitar (5) |
| NUT | What is the fixed ridge on the neck of a stringed instrument over which the strings pass? (3) |
| MANE | A growth of long hair on the neck of a horse or lion (4) |
| FRETFUL | Like the neck of a guitar? |
| TAG | Label on the neck of a wine bottle |
| THROAT | The body's gullet or "red lane"; said passage when sore; one's voice; the opening or fauces of a flower's corolla; or, something narrow, such as the neck of a vase (6) |
| CUTOFF | Channel flowing across the neck of a meander and forming an ox-bow lake; or, a device that stops the flow of an electric current (3-3) |
| COWBELL | Item hung around the neck of a roaming Alpine animal, used as a noisemaker at the Tour de France (7) |
| STOPPER | A plug for sealing a hole, especially in the neck of a bottle (7) |
| CLOOP | Onomatopoeic word for the sound a cork being pulled from the neck of a champagne/wine bottle (5) |
| PEZ | Candy that comes out of the neck of a dispenser |
| DEWLAP | Fold of loose skin hanging from the neck of a bovine animal (6) |
| ASCOTTIE | It goes round the neck of a dog (5,3) |
| WATTLE | What fleshy lobe hangs from the neck of a turkey? (6) |
| RUFF | It encircled the neck of a thug, one hears (4) |
| YOKES | Crosspieces fastened over the necks of a pair of draft animals (5) |
| YOKE | It is bound to the necks of a pair of oxen maybe |
| REMUAGE | Process by which sediment is drawn to the neck of a wine bottle for removal (7) |
| RINGS | Haloes; circular markings such as those on the necks of the pheasants said to be alluded to in The 12 Days of Christmas chimes, jingles, peals or tinkles; or, bands, such as signets (5) |