| ORDAIN | Wave a rod in way to decree |
| ISOBAR | Is a ring on a rod in a line on a map of atmospheric pressure? (6) |
| PENDULUM | A rod in a clock weighted at the end that swings from side to side (8) |
| SURGE | Based on the Latin "to rise", a word used in its early sense to mean a fountain or stream, later a big wave, a billowing cloud, a sudden increase of power or a rush of emotion (5) |
| THRESH | From an agricultural term meaning beat, flail or tread grain out of corn, a word for a thwack of chastisement; a violent movement of a wave; a struggle in water; a fast exciting race; a loud party; a |
| ABACUS | What early, fast and accurate calculator uses beads strung on a rod in a frame? (6) |
| AARON | Man with a rod, in the Bible |
| PEDS | They got A-Rod in trouble |
| PISTOLWHIP | Beat with a rod in America (6-4) |
| STICKUP | Armed robbery with a rod in the saddle |
| INROAD | Incursion having a rod in pickle (6) |
| MVP | A-Rod in 2007 |
| AROUSED | Use a rod in other ways when worked up (7) |
| CANOE | Holding, love, a rod, in the boat (5) |
| BRANDISH | To wave a weapon in a threatening way (7) |
| MULL | Ruminate in way to sweeten a drink |
| INFASHION | Up-to-date in way to do things (2,7) |
| ROOT | Origin in way to a destination, it's said (4) |
| TUBE | Old word for a telescope; slang word for a television; the hollow under the crest of a breaking wave; a container for oil paint, tomato puree or toothpaste; or, a pipe (4) |
| COMBER | A long sea wave; a gaper fish; a wool-carder; or, a type of mudlark given to gathering beach jetsam (6) |
