| POLING | Propelling a raft |
| POLER | One propelling a raft, maybe |
| PADDLE | A barefooted meander in shallow water; a dabble by a duck; a utensil for shaping butter/gnocchi or for mixing; or, an oar for propelling a canoe (6) |
| MINDED | A bodyguard, nanny, strongarm man or other defender; a child/ward, left to be looked after; a PR aide; or, a wooden stick for propelling a hoop (6) |
| SCULL | A shallow kipe or basket for grain, herring, peats, potatoes, turnips etc; a shoal of migrating fish; or, one of a pair of spoon-bladed oars for propelling a racing shell of the same name (5) |
| POLE | A simple fishing rod; or, a type of quant for propelling a barge (4) |
| OARING | Propelling a vessel, in a way |
| QUANT | Punting pole for propelling a barge; or, a fashion designer who popularised miniskirts, hot pants and patterned tights during the swinging Sixties (5) |
| OAR | A long shaft of wood for propelling a boat by rowing (3) |
| LEGGED | Bargee historically propelling a canal boat through a tunnel by means of walking their feet along the roof or walls of said underpass (6) |
| LEGGER | Bargee historically propelling a canal boat through a tunnel by means of walking their feet along the roof or walls of said underpass |
| WHEEL | Revolutionary means of propelling a vehicle |
| PEDALLING | Propelling a bicycle |
| ROWER | One propelling a boat |
| ROWING | Propelling a boat with oars (6) |
| OARS | Means of propelling a small vessel (4) |
| PADDLES | Quietly confuses those propelling a boat (7) |
| ROTOR | Revolving cylinder for propelling a ship |
| CATAMARAN | A man with a cart shifting a raft of logs |
| SEAL | Marine mammal of which a group on land is a colony and on water a raft (4) |
