| GOLAST | Run as the anchor in a relay |
| GOESLAST | Runs anchor in a relay race |
| AWEIGH | Like the anchors in Navy's official fight song |
| MAP | Image behind the anchors in "SNL's" "Weekend Update" |
| ALEE | Where to drop anchor in a storm |
| TREEROOT | Anchor in a forest |
| LASTBUTNOTLEAST | Just as important, like the anchor leg runner in a relay team? (4,3,3,5) |
| LASTLEG | What the anchor runs, in a relay |
| SLING | A support for carrying a baby close to the parent or carer's body; a type of catapult; or, a type of rope used as an anchor in abseiling and climbing (5) |
| ROOTS | A plant's anchor in the soil (5) |
| INDIAN | In the whirlwind I anchor in this ocean? (6) |
| ONTHEWATERFRONT | Off the alcohol, perhaps? Act as anchor in film |
| HAWSE | Upper part of the bows of a ship which houses the holes through which the anchor ropes pass (5) |
| HANG | What did the anchor say to the fisherman when he stopped his boat? "You go ahead and fish -I'll just ___ out on the bottom of the lake" |
| ANCHOR | Device such as a grapnel or killick; or, the final runner in a relay race (6) |
| TORCH | Flambeau associated with unrequited love or carried by runners in a relay to light the Olympic flame; a large candle; or, a flashlight (5) |
| BATON | A short baguette; a hollow tube passed from runner to runner in a relay race; or, a rectangular piece of carrot, cheese or other food (5) |
| ANCHORED | Took the last spot, as in a relay |
| TOYOU | Kelsey Grammer plays a news anchor in the 2007-2008 sitcom, Back ___ |
| FINCH | Peter ***** , actor who played the TV anchor in the 1976 film 'Network' directed by Sidney Lumet (5) |
