| HAIRPIN | Type of barrette with a U-shaped section likened to a sharp bend or switchback in a road (7) |
| BEND | Dogleg or switchback in a road; ox-bow in a river; or, a type of knot (4) |
| DOGLEG | A sharp bend or angle, especially in a road or path (6) |
| TRAP | U-shaped section of a pipe |
| ZAGS | Navigates a switchback, in part |
| CHEVRON | One of the black or white shapes indicating a sharp bend on a road sign |
| REDLINE | D.C. Metro route with a U-shaped path |
| POINTED | Coming to a sharp tip, like a maggot's 'head' (7) |
| CLIP | A rapid pace or speed; an extract or snippet; a wallop or whack; a yield of wool sheared from a sheep or a flock; an old word meaning "embrace"; or, a barrette, bobby pin, hairgrip, slide or other fas |
| HAIRTIE | Alternative to a barrette |
| ROSWELL | City with a U.F.O. museum |
| SHOE | An item traditionally fashioned on a last by a cordwainer; a U-shaped hoof protector forged on an anvil and regarded as a token of good luck; or, a ferrule on a sledge (4) |
| WEDGE | A piece of wood or metal tapering to a sharp edge driven between two objects to secure or separate them |
| COPING | ? saw, tool with a U-shaped frame used for cutting curves in wood (6) |
| TWIRL | A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight. |
| COPINGSAW | Woodworking tool with a U-shaped metal frame (6,3) |
| TROMBONE | Brass instrument with a U-shaped slide (8) |
| TROMBONES | Brass instruments, the tubes of which are varied in length by means of a U-shaped slide (9) |
| STAPLE | From "pillar, post", a U-shaped metal nail for driving into wood; or, a similar fastener for cloth or papers (6) |
| SLIDE | Portamento; barrette; part of a trombone; or, a toboggan or the icy track/chute upon which it is run (5) |
