| HOLLOW | Gap in a tree trunk; or, a small valley (6) |
| BOLE | Recess in a wall designed to house a hive or skep of bees; a tree trunk; or, a rich clay pigment used in gilding (4) |
| LICHEN | Symbiotic organism growing on a tree trunk or rock (6) |
| SMEUSE | A dialect word, combining the Old French for "secret hiding place" and "smoot", meaning a small hole, for a gap in a fence or hedge for the passing of a rabbit or a hare (6) |
| STUB | Remains of a tree trunk or a pencil; an accidental strike of one's toe; a counterfoil; or, a horseshoe nail (4) |
| STOCK | A tree trunk or main stem; a perennial part of a herbaceous plant; a person's ancestry or line of descent; a fund or store; or, a farm's collective animals, kept for meat or milk (5) |
| KNUR | Gnarl on a tree trunk; or, a ball made from said burl and hit with a spell (4) |
| BARKY | Like a tree trunk or a yipping dog |
| FILLER | Brief article or item used to bridge a gap in a newspaper or broadcast; or, decorator's caulk (6) |
| KNAR | Knot or protuberance in a tree trunk or in wood (4) |
| KNURR | A protuberance in a tree trunk or wood (5) |
| GELLED | Set overlooking a small valley, for example? (6) |
| HIATUS | A gap in a hut is necessary for it (6) |
| BREACH | Gap in a wall, say, right. found in sandy area (6) |
| RAFT | Drift of fallen tree trunks; or, a flock of floating penguins or puffins (4) |
| SHORTS | Word for trousers to the knee or higher for hiking, outdoor pursuits, school, sports or summer holidays; trunks or underpants; featurettes or other brief films; tots of spirits; or, the bran or pollar |
| BOTTLE | No chance of a drink in the trunk or the canteen (6) |
| LACUNA | Gap in a manuscript (6) |
| CHASMS | Big gaps in a text used by church |
| BOLERO | Jacket got from trunk, or put back (6) |
