| STANCHION | Vertical pole or rod used as a support (9) |
| MAYPOLE | A vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day (7) |
| SPINDLE | Spike or rod used with a distaff for hand-spinning wool, cotton, flax and other fibres into yarn (7) |
| GOALPOSTS | Two vertical poles used in some ball games (4,5) |
| POLE | From "stake", a word for a long slender piece of wood as a support; a linear measure also called a perch or a rod; or, a small young tree (4) |
| SOCLE | Low plain plinth used as a support for a statue, column etc. or as the foundation of a wall (5) |
| SPEAR | A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon (5) |
| LANCE | A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon (5) |
| WAND | Something slender and supple, such as a cutting, osier, sapling, stick, or switch; a baton, caduceus or rod of a conductor, conjurer, diviner, fairy or magician; a mark in archery; or, a "spoolie" for |
| TRESTLE | What is a frame used as a support, made from a horizontal beam, fixed at each end to a pair of spreading legs (7) |
| TOMMYBAR | Rod used as a lever for turning a tubular spanner (5,3) |
| SLAT | What is a narrow strip of wood used as a support for a bed? (4) |
| STRUT | Rod or bar designed to resist longitudinal pressure, used as a support in construction etc. (5) |
| CRUTCH | A long stick with a crosspiece at the top used as a support under the armpit (6) |
| TRELLIS | A framework used as a support for trailing plants (7) |
| KNEE | Body part used as a support during a proposal |
| ATLAS | Figure of a man used as a support column (5) |
| PILLAR | Tall vertical cylindrical structure used as a support (6) |
| MAST | Pole used as a support (4) |
| CROWBAR | Metal rod used as a lever (7) |
