| KETTLE | Water-boiler; a geological hollow; a flock of migrating hawks; or, an oval pan in which to poach a whole fish (6) |
| FISHKETTLE | Name, recalled in an idiom for an awkward state of affairs, for an oval or oblong pan in which to poach a salmon or trout in court-bouillon (4,6) |
| DISKETTE | Line pulled from detective's boiler a little floppy |
| BASINS | Geological hollows |
| BOUILLON | Stock such as the "short broth" or "court" style in which to poach fish (8) |
| SCULL | A shallow kipe or basket for grain, herring, peats, potatoes, turnips etc; a shoal of migrating fish; or, one of a pair of spoon-bladed oars for propelling a racing shell of the same name (5) |
| WOKS | Wooden-handled bowl-shaped pans in which to stir-fry food (4) |
| MOON | Associated with "falls" of migrating woodcock in November, Earth's only natural satellite (4) |
| DIP | Related to "dive", a word for a plunge; a bath; a quick swim; a hollow; a candle; a sag; a pickpocket; or, sauce in which to dunk crisps/crudites (3) |
| CAST | Pair of hawks or falcons; a swarm of bees that have left the hive; or, the wide sweep of a herding sheepdog behind a flock (4) |
| THROW | A roll of dice; the extent of vertical shift in a geological fault; the distance moved by an instrument's pointer; or, a decorative cover for a bed/chair (5) |
| BED | A geological layer or stratum of sedimentary rock; bottom of a river or sea; or, a plot for roses (3) |
| BAIT | From Old Norse for "pasture, food" and "cut with the teeth", a word meaning set dogs on; chase/hunt with hawks or hounds; furnish a hook with a lure; provide a horse with provender on a journey; or, t |
| OMANI | These highlands, located in the southeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, are more closely related (in a geological sense) to the Zagros Mountains of western Iran than to other mountains in Arabia. |
| CHASM | From "gaping hollow", a yawning cleft or rift in Earth's surface, hence a wide difference in opinion etc (5) |
| ROASTERS | Pigs, potatoes or poults suitable for oven-cooking; the pans in which they are parched or prepared; people or places who/which cook coffee beans; or, hot scorching days (8) |
| CASSEROLE | French word for a stew; or, the pot or "ladle pan" in which it is cooked (9) |
| SPIRACLE | Word, from the Latin for "breath", for a cartilaginous fish's oxygen inlet, an insect's breathing pore, a tadpole's water inlet or a whale's blowhole, thus a geological vent for exhaling steam (8) |
| SLOTS | Tracks or footprints of deer; or, from dialect for "chest hollows", a word for elongated narrow apertures, for receiving coins or letters (5) |
| COURTBOULLION | Seasoned stock of white wine, aromatics or , lemon and bouquet garni, mainly used to poach seafood a |
