| WINCH | Type of hauling or hoisting machine; or, a fishing reel (5) |
| CASTS | Uses a fishing reel |
| LINE | What a fishing reel rolls up |
| HAULAGE | The business of hauling (7) |
| TOWAGE | Costs of hauling for pay (6) |
| THROW | A cast of dice or a fishing-line; or, a decorative cover for a bed or a sofa (5) |
| ARBOR | Latin word for a tree, used in scientific contexts to refer to a trunk-like axle, beam, mandrel, shaft or spindle in a machine or a lathe (5) |
| PRESS | Device for extracting juice from fruit or oil from olives; a printing machine; or, a linen cupboard (5) |
| MOGUL | A bump on a ski slope; a candy-making machine; or, from the title of a member of a Muslim dynasty, a business or media tycoon (5) |
| LARGE | Good-sized fly-fishing reel for fast retrieve (*or lager bar) (5,5) |
| CRANE | Construction machine, or a migratory bird |
| CREEL | Fishing basket, or a fishing rod spool if you ignore the first letter |
| AVAST | Nautical term meaning "cease" "stop hauling" or "hold fast" (5) |
| ROTOR | The rotating member of a machine or device (5) |
| SPOOL | Fishing reel winder |
| SLOT | Aperture for a coin in a vending machine; or, a regular place in a radio or television schedule (4) |
| SCALE | A weighing machine or device / ranking; hierarchy |
| LATHE | Machine or article at the play centre (5) |
| FOOT | Unit of metre in poetry; part of a sewing machine; or, a pedestal (4) |
| KNITS | Cardigans, jumpers and other woollies by means of machines or long eyeless needles (5) |
