| DUNNAGE | Word for brushwood and other loose material stowed among a ship's cargo; a sailor's baggage; or, personal effects generally (7) |
| SHOVEL | A spade-like implement for raising and removing earth and other loose material (6) |
| SCRUB | Word for brushwood; a stunted tree; an undersized animal; a drudge; a small/mean person; or, an exfoliant (5) |
| BULK | Word for the belly, body or trunk; a ship's cargo or hold; a heap of tobacco; a mass generally; the thickness of paper or a book; the greater part; or, dietary fibre/roughage in food (4) |
| LADLE | From "load", as in a ship's cargo, word for a large deep spoon for lifting or serving a load of soup or sauce (5) |
| HOLD | A compartment for cargo; a fort; a grip in wrestling; a hug; or, tenacity (4) |
| RUMMAGE | Noun originally for an act of arranging a ship's cargo, later reversed to mean "an unsystematic or untidy search"; or, jumble for a sale (7) |
| TROWELS | Hand tools for lifting loose material (such as grit), and comprising handles and curved blades (or scoops) (7) |
| RATE | "Per hour" or "per mile" figure |
| ILE | Suffix for text or per- cent |
| DIEM | Word with carpe or per |
| JETSAM | A portion of a ship's cargo thrown overboard to lighten its load when in danger of sinking (6) |
| MANIFEST | Document listing a ship's cargo, passengers, destination etc. for customs purposes (8) |
| WIER | Dam across a river to control the water level upstream; or, a V-shaped barrier of wattle hurdles or brushwood bundles as a primitive type of stationary fish trap (4) |
| SAND | A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral (4) |
| HOLDHANDS | Sailors dealing with a ship's cargo? |
| LOANWORD | New line rejected in cargo, a foreign import |
| DEADWEIGHT | Total cargo a ship can carry |
| SHEDLOAD | Jettison cargo, a ton |
| FREIGHTCAR | Take some unshipped cargo a long way round? This might (7-3) |
