| KNUCKLEDUSTER | A metal guard worn on the hand in fighting to increase the effect of blows (13) |
| PAD | Protective guard worn on the leg by a cricket batsman (3) |
| SANCTION | South takes in its opposite in fighting to authorise it (8) |
| HEIGHTEN | One who lays about a boat crew to increase the effect (8) |
| PADS | Protective guards worn on the legs by players batting in cricket (4) |
| LIFELINE | Crease on the hand, in palmistry (8) |
| VAMBRACE | Tubular forearm guard worn as part of a suit of plate armour in medieval times (8) |
| GLOVE | Item of softball gear worn on the hand |
| SHIRT | Garment worn on the hand (5) |
| SHINPADS | Guards worn for football or hockey (4,4) |
| RAISETHESTAKE | To take up the post is to increase the risk (5,3,5) |
| SWELLTHERANKS | Shark nets well-distributed to increase the numbers (5,3,5) |
| WATCHTHECLOCK | Keep an eye on the hands, lest they do this? |
| STOUT | Rex ___, author of mystery novels The Broken Vase and The Hand in the Glove (5) |
| LOAD | Freight; quantity of laundry in a washing machine; old word for the weight of blows; or, power output (4) |
| FENDER | Metal guard to confine fire to the hearth (6) |
| GLOVES | Garments worn on the hands (6) |
| THING | Name of the hand in The Addams Family (5) |
| UPPER | Like the hand in a Joe McGann sitcom, given late meal without starter (5) |
| AMPLIFIER | Electronic device used to increase the strength of a signal fed into it, used chiefly in sound reproduction (9) |
