| ONBOARD | Supporting a plan |
| DECK | Floor of a ship; timber terrace providing a seating area in a garden; or, a platform supporting a record player's turntable (4) |
| SLING | Strap for hurling a stone; a swathe of cloth for supporting a baby close to the body; or, a type of cocktail (5) |
| TRESTLE | A frame consisting of a horizontal beam and spreading legs used for supporting a table |
| STADDLE | Each of a series of mushroom- shaped stones traditionally used for supporting a granary or a hayrick (7) |
| SPAR | Nautical word for a pole supporting a ship's rigging or sails such as a boom, gaff or mast (4) |
| YARDARM | End of a beam supporting a sail on the mast of a square-rigger (7) |
| RUNG | A horizontal metal or wooden bar on a ladder for supporting a person's foot (4) |
| SLEEPER | Beam supporting a railway track; an antique or a work of art that has been undervalued and consequently left unsold; or, a spy who is lying low and waiting to be activated (7) |
| EASEL | What is a frame in the form of a tripod, for supporting a blackboard or the like (5) |
| BALUSTER | A small pillar supporting a stair rail or a parapet coping |
| BIER | A frame for supporting a coffin |
| ROADBED | A bed supporting a road (7) |
| WASHSTAND | Item of furniture for supporting a sink or, historically, a bowl and jug (9) |
| ALABAMA | A graduate supporting a dog briefly in the Birmingham area? |
| STYLOBATE | In classical Greek architecture, a continuous pedestal supporting a series of columns |
| DOLMEN | A prehistoric tomb of erect unhewn stones supporting a flattish stone (6) |
| GABLE | Triangular part of a wall supporting a ridged roof (5) |
| BEAM | Timber structure for supporting a roof; or, a raised horizontal bar for gymnastics (4) |
| NEWELPOST | The upright at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting a handrail (5,4) |
