| UNRIG | To strip a vessel of standing and running rigging (5) |
| GENTRY | People of standing and good record |
| DEPORTMENT | Manner of standing and walking (10) |
| TACKLE | The running rigging and pulleys used to work a boat's sails (6) |
| THONG | A strap or a strip; a lash of a whip; a loop of a riding crop; or, a flimsy sandal, also called a flip-flop (5) |
| PLUCK | To strip a bird of its feathers (5) |
| TAPIR | Got a piranha to strip a shy nocturnal one (5) |
| URBAN | Sailor comes up in a vessel of the city |
| STOPS | Sees standing and pulls up (5) |
| GLEAN | Strip a field after harvest (5) |
| OCCUR | Commander standing, and heel's come off |
| RIFLE | Strip a fire-arm? (5) |
| TIN | Metal "Sn" used to make some types of toy soldiers and food cans; a caddy for biscuits; or, a rectangular loaf of bread baked in a vessel of the same name (3) |
| PEELS | Strips a banana |
| LAG | Word for a stave of a barrel; a lath or strip; a wooden lining; a covering for a boiler/pipe; a delay; or, a convict (3) |
| SALADDRESSING | Saucy thing beginning to strip - a boy doing otherwise? (5,8) |
| RUNWAY | An air/landing strip; a catwalk; a log chute; a trail; a stretch of sprint track before a jump or a throw; or, a wild animal's beaten or habitual path (6) |
| TUB | Word for a vessel of wooden staves and hoops originally, now a plastic carton for ice cream or spread; or, a metal vat, used as a bath (3) |
| KETTLE | A vessel of metal with a lid, spout and a handle for boiling water |
| TAB | A small flap or strip; a loop for drawing a stage curtain; the drape itself; a cigarette; an insignia on a staff officer's collar; an Oxonian's name for a Cambridge student; or, in the US, a restauran |
