| Metal fastener |
STAPLE |
| Middle ground |
CENTRE |
| Pleasingly sharp to the taste |
TANGY |
| Prevent any progress |
STYMIE |
| Provide |
LAYON |
| Some other thing (unidentified) |
WHATNOT |
| Spite |
VENOM |
| Spontaneous desire |
IMPULSE |
| They are usually closed at night |
EYELIDS |
| They form a chain |
LINKS |
| Tower for power lines |
PYLON |
| Way out |
EGRESS |
| Weakened — two wandered (anag) |
WATEREDDOWN |