| SALIVA | Use this to moisten power gum in stop knot (*is lava) (6) |
| GLIDER | Float running freely on line up to stop knot (6) |
| SLIDER | It runs freely up/down line between shot and stop knot (6,5) |
| SOFA | Safe spot when "the floor is lava" |
| FLOOR | ___ Is Lava (kids' game) |
| FLOAT | It runs freely up/down line between shot and stop knot (6,5) |
| LEAD | Prevents sliding float jamming against stop knot (4) |
| PISTON | Part of an engine repaired in stop (6) |
| GROMIT | Wallace's pet dog in stop motion comedies created by Nick Park |
| TAGEND | Line left over after knot is made - *and get twisted! (3,3) |
| MUCKINGIN | Gum in, Nick? The owner is about to come home to see new garden (7,2) |
| GUM | Power ___ is used to tie stop knots (3) |
| SETINMOTION | Start moving in to moisten (3,2,6) |
| GORDIAN | To cut the - knot is to solve a hard problem |
| DIP | To plunge temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid (3) |
| EPISODIC | Is epic do organised in stop-go fashion? (8) |
| OUTLAWED | Like chewing gum in Singapore or wearing blue jeans in North Korea (seriously!) |
| COMINGUP | Bobby will be keeping chewing gum in next (6,2) |
| PGA | Body known to golfers held in stop gap (1,1,1) |
| BASTE | In pub, a steak to moisten during cooking (5) |
