| THOLE | Wooden pin that serves as a fulcrum in rowing |
| TIERAIL | Wooden pin that is used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships. (7) |
| PINCHBAR | Pointed lever used as a fulcrum for moving heavy objects |
| OARLOCKS | Fulcrums in rowing |
| PEGS | Wooden pins that may hold tools on a board |
| LEVER | A bar or board that rests on a support called a fulcrum. A downward force exerted on one end of this tool can be transferred and increased in an upward direction at the other end, allowing a small for |
| PATTERN | An object such as a swatch or a dressmaker's paper template that serves as a model or a specimen; or, chintz, floral, hound's-tooth, Paisley, tartan, William Morris's Lodden or any other such decorati |
| OBOE | Instrument that serves as a sex toy in a Lydia Davis story |
| BATSMOTEL | Horror drama that serves as a prequel to "Psycho" ... but set in a lodge full of flying mammals? |
| MIRA | From the Latin meaning "wonderful" or "astonishing", a pulsating variable red giant in Cetus the Whale that serves as a prototype for its own class of stars (4) |
| EPILOGUE | A section at the end of a book or play that serves as a conclusion to what has happened (8) |
| UNCARVED | Like a block of wood that serves as a metaphor for pure potential, in Taoist thought |
| PIANIST | Strangely, it's a pin that tickles the ivories (7) |
| TESTCASE | A suit that serves as a pattern for others (4-4) |
| BLOODORIGIN | New series' subtitle that serves as a prequel to a Netflix fantasy |
| PARLAY | Style of bet that serves as a plot point in "Silver Linings Playbook" |
| DANDELIONWINE | 1957 Ray Bradbury title that serves as a metaphor for packing all of the joys of summer into a singl |
| CAIRNS | City in Far North Queensland, Australia, that serves as a starting point for people wanting to visit the Great Barrier Reef |
| ALAMO | Spanish mission that serves as a reminder of Texas Revolution in Mambalam office (5) |
| STOCKINGFILLER | Pin that may be present (8,6) |
