| WAP | To bind (obs) (3) |
| TIE | Odd twine used to bind (3) |
| LIAISON | French cookery term meaning "to bind" that came to refer to an intimate connection or secret love affair (7) |
| BUCKRAM | What's used to bind dollar to pound |
| THRASH | Refuse to bind hogshead to horsewhip (6) |
| REEFER | Send to a specialist to bind back of knee joint (6) |
| ESCROW | Money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract |
| LIGATURE | Thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood). |
| TURBANMYTH | Sinbad finding a way to bind himself to a roc, e.g.? |
| LEAGUE | From the Latin meaning "to bind", a word for an alliance also used to describe an association of sports teams or a form of rugby (6) |
| NONCOMMITTAL | Reluctant to bind oneself to a particular course of action (12) |
| REDTAPE | Term for the rouge or pinkish ribbon or strip traditionally used to bind official government documents, thus for excessive bureaucracy (3,4) |
| ANADEM | An old poetic word, from "to bind, to wreathe", for a chaplet, fillet or garland of flowers for the head (6) |
| SINEW | Word, rooted to "bind", for a cord or tendon joining muscle to bone, thus brawn, beef or binding force (5) |
| STICKYMAG | Powder used to bind ball of maggots (6,3) |
| GLUON | Subatomic particle thought to bind quarks together |
| EARNEST | Something of value to bind a contract (7) |
| RECLAIM | Recover edge to bind frilly lace (7) |
| TRAVESTY | Sham attempt to bind incomplete Zoroastrian works (8) |
| MERGANSER | Duck joining act to bind a partnership (9) |
