| FRET | Thing on the neck of a guitar |
| FRETS | Wooden or metal ridges on the neck of a guitar (5) |
| FRETBOARD | Ridges on the neck of a guitar (9) |
| NUT | Part of the neck of a guitar |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| PRISM | Thing on the cover of "Dark Side of the Moon" |
| OPTIC | What is a device on the neck of an inverted bottle for measuring out spirits? (5) |
| MANES | Strips of hair growing on the necks of horses (5) |
| 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) |
| NIB | Thing on the end of a quill |
| PEZ | Candy that comes out of the neck of a dispenser |
| THORN | Pointy thing on the stem of a rose |
| RINGPULL | Thing on the top of a can (4-4) |
