| Spinal ___ (nervous system component) |  |  | 
          
            | Length of string or electrical flex | The Times Concise | 18 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Light rope | LA Times Daily | 16 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Thick string | Newsday | 10 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Part of a landline | USA Today | 09 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Need for a transfer of power? | New York Times | 10 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Spinal ___ (nervous system component) |  |  | 
          
            | Recorded with lead (4) | Mirror Cryptic | 20 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Rope (4) | Mirror Quick | 20 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Parachute part | USA Today | 19 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Fish biting end of angler's line (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood quantity | LA Times Daily | 22 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Firm doctor upset guy, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Long flexible tube connecting an unborn baby with the placenta (9,4) |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a hammock | New York Times | 06 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | String of notes we hear (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cable | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 12 May 2025 | 
          
            | String that produces one note or another (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Small rope |  |  | 
          
            | Charger attachment | Wall Street Journal | 05 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Broadcast took the heart out of cable (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Umbilical ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Feature of a landline | LA Times Daily | 11 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Thick string | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 25 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | You plug it in |  |  | 
          
            | Thin rope | The Telegraph Quick | 31 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Thing to tie together set of notes, it's said (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Thick string | Mirror Classic | 18 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Strong string | USA Today Quick | 14 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Bungee jumper's need | Family Time | 30 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Rope (4) | Puzzler | 26 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Steam iron attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Twine | Puzzler Backwords | 17 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Computer cable | Commuter | 12 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Thick string (4) | Puzzler | 10 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | It ties notes sounding together, one hears (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Spinal ___ (nervous system component) |  |  | 
          
            | Quantity of firewood |  |  | 
          
            | Either end of crimped rope (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Word after "umbilical" or "spinal" |  |  | 
          
            | Alternative letters for flex (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Fish swallows the right line (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Twine; or, the medulla spinalis or navel-string, reminiscent of this (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cable | TV | 25 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | While using phone, removed central part of cable (4) |  |  | 
          
            | In thickness, somewhere between a string and a rope. (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Word after "spinal" or "umbilical" |  |  | 
          
            | String producing one of two notes (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Lacing |  |  | 
          
            | What you cut when you stop relying on something |  |  | 
          
            | One end of coloured string |  |  | 
          
            | Strong twine |  |  | 
          
            | Feature of an old landline phone |  |  | 
          
            | Thin rope | Mirror Tea Time | 31 May 2024 | 
          
            | One note or the next in string (4) |  |  | 
          
            | A strong line to get fish out of the river (4) |  |  | 
          
            | String a number of notes together, we hear (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Bungee, e.g. | Premier Sunday | 19 May 2024 | 
          
            | String strikes an audible chord (4) |  |  | 
          
            | String one along, setting a record, at the end (4) |  |  | 
          
            | String | Eugene Sheffer | 08 May 2024 | 
          
            | Something pulled by a parachute jumper |  |  | 
          
            | CLOTHESLINE |  |  | 
          
            | By the sound of it, removed central part of thin rope (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Thin rope | The Times Concise | 02 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Cable | LA Times Daily | 31 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Umbilical ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Umbilical connection |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood measure | Newsday | 29 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | String (4) | Puzzler | 22 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Thin rope | Mirror Tea Time | 18 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Parachute necessity | LA Times Daily | 26 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Jonas, tycoon in The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Item with a plug |  |  | 
          
            | Part of an office tangle |  |  | 
          
            | Firm on road supplying thin rope (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Record over alternative binding (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Wrapping string (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Curtain puller | Commuter | 13 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Guy's choice of skirt in Cumbernauld (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cut the ___ (start to act independently) | USA Today | 09 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | String of recordings (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Bungee or extension | Family Time | 06 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Power cable | Universal | 31 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Telephone wire, or change a letter in 14a to get the answer |  |  | 
          
            | Giant bird ascending with last of wood -- in such quantity? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 07 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | String | Eugene Sheffer | 20 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Part of a lamp | USA Today | 17 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Twisted part of a telephone, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Twine | LA Times Daily | 22 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Parachute part | USA Today | 20 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Word following "spinal" or "vocal" |  |  | 
          
            | Classic thirties auto | Canadiana | 09 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Word after "umbilical" or "bungee" |  |  | 
          
            | 80s' telephone part | Family Time | 26 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Strong thick string | The Telegraph Quick | 12 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Bungee jumper's attachment | New York Times | 29 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Something pulled to request a stop | USA Today | 10 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Parachute pull | Thomas Joseph | 04 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | A line made of twisted fibres or threads | Irish Times Simplex | 20 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Half of device for storing data in binder | The Guardian Cryptic | 08 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Half of device for storing data in binder |  |  | 
          
            | Recognised without seeing The Wire? | Irish Times Crosaire | 08 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | '80s telephone part | Family Time | 14 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Fish swallowing end of angler's line |  |  | 
          
            | Fish swallowing end of angler's line | The Guardian Quiptic | 08 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Word after "umbilical" or "vocal" |  |  | 
          
            | Cable from Coleridge dismissing Li?ge | Irish Times Crosaire | 22 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | String | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Appliance appendage | The Washington Post | 24 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Appliance appendage | LA Times Daily | 24 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Heavy string | Newsday | 12 May 2021 | 
          
            | Plug’s place | Wall Street Journal | 28 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | String | Eugene Sheffer | 20 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Firewood measure | Newsday | 28 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Parachute necessity | The Washington Post | 27 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Parachute necessity | LA Times Daily | 27 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Spinal ___ (nervous system component) |  |  | 
          
            | Landline phone feature | USA Today | 24 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Woven string | Newsday | 18 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Wow! Daughter makes connection! | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Flex | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Small rope; flex | The Times Concise | 09 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Parachute part | New York Times | 18 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Thick string | New York Times | 06 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Parachute pull | Thomas Joseph | 16 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Part of a parachute | Family Time | 16 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Appliance part | Thomas Joseph | 12 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Firewood measure | The Washington Post | 18 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Firewood measure | LA Times Daily | 18 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Thin rope |  |  | 
          
            | Thin rope | New York Times | 11 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Bungee jumper's need | USA Today | 13 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Woven line | The Washington Post | 05 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Woven line | LA Times Daily | 05 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Wood measure | Wall Street Journal | 03 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Clothesline, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Clothesline, e.g | New York Times | 29 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Socket plug-in | USA Today | 19 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Twisted part of a telephone, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Phone charger part | USA Today | 01 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Charger attachment | Wall Street Journal | 25 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Thin string | The Times Concise | 08 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | String quartet from Poulenc or Debussy |  |  | 
          
            | Charger attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Wood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Socket plug-in |  |  | 
          
            | Phone charger part |  |  | 
          
            | Bungee jumper's need |  |  | 
          
            | Woven line |  |  | 
          
            | Strong rope | Newsday | 18 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Electrical cable | Jonesin | 27 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Thick string | Newsday | 05 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Umbilical ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Wire extension |  |  | 
          
            | Telephone part not on mobile phones | Family Time | 26 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Spinal ___ |  |  | 
          
            | String for one part of CD | The Telegraph Cryptic | 24 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | 128 cubic feet | Universal | 30 May 2018 | 
          
            | Electrical supply | The Washington Post | 04 May 2018 | 
          
            | Electrical supply | LA Times Daily | 04 May 2018 | 
          
            | 128 cubic feet |  |  | 
          
            | Electrical supply |  |  | 
          
            | Carrier of electricity | New York Times | 20 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Parachutist's pull | Family Time | 16 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Unit of firewood | New York Times | 24 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Wood measure | The Washington Post | 06 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Wood measure | LA Times Daily | 06 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Parachute part |  |  | 
          
            | Electric guitar plug-in | USA Today | 17 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Thin rope | The Times Concise | 17 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Power strip attachment | Premier Sunday | 25 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Firewood purchase | USA Today | 15 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Firewood order | Newsday | 08 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Telephone wire |  |  | 
          
            | Drawstring, e.g | New York Times | 16 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Bungee jumper's need | The Washington Post | 04 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Drawstring, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Electric guitar plug-in |  |  | 
          
            | Unit of firewood |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood purchase |  |  | 
          
            | Carrier of electricity |  |  | 
          
            | Wood measure |  |  | 
          
            | What a mobile phone eliminates | Universal | 25 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Insulated cable | LA Times Daily | 16 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Important part of a parachute | Universal | 09 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Rope in agreement without a consensus at first |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a high-tech tangle | The Washington Post | 10 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Amount of wood that's cut after delivery | The Telegraph Cryptic | 24 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Bungee __ | LA Times Daily | 30 May 2016 | 
          
            | Clothesline, e.g | USA Today | 27 May 2016 | 
          
            | Firewood unit | USA Today | 31 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Third or fourth letter to get rope | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Thick string | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Parachute part | Universal | 15 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Insulated cable |  |  | 
          
            | What a mobile phone eliminates |  |  | 
          
            | Parachute part |  |  | 
          
            | Clothesline, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood unit |  |  | 
          
            | Bungee __ |  |  | 
          
            | Flex | The Telegraph Quick | 15 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Line from fabulous bird stood up on date | The Telegraph Toughie | 26 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Clothesline, for one | LA Times Daily | 26 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Rope | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | With rip, parachute part | Canadiana | 04 May 2015 | 
          
            | Telephone wire | Newsday | 31 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Connects foot pedals to one another |  |  | 
          
            | Clothesline, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Telephone wire |  |  | 
          
            | Bungee jumping need |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a tennis net |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Twine |  |  | 
          
            | Literally, with 63-Across, distinguished chef |  |  | 
          
            | One of a vocal pair |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Telephone attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Parachutist's pull |  |  | 
          
            | Drapery attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Appliance plug-in |  |  | 
          
            | 128-cubic-foot measure |  |  | 
          
            | Peace |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a power strip |  |  | 
          
            | Strong rope |  |  | 
          
            | Strong rope |  |  | 
          
            | Wood purchase |  |  | 
          
            | Wood purchase |  |  | 
          
            | What a mama's boy needs to cut? |  |  | 
          
            | It's cut at birth |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood purchase |  |  | 
          
            | Thick string |  |  | 
          
            | Big stack of firewood |  |  | 
          
            | Quantity destined to be burned |  |  | 
          
            | Light rope |  |  | 
          
            | Extension ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Umbilical -- |  |  | 
          
            | Light rope |  |  | 
          
            | Quantity destined to be burned |  |  | 
          
            | Phone wire |  |  | 
          
            | Thick, strong string |  |  | 
          
            | Wood quantity |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy string |  |  | 
          
            | Strong rope |  |  | 
          
            | Line with juice? |  |  | 
          
            | Line with juice? |  |  | 
          
            | Electric guitar attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood amount |  |  | 
          
            | Parachute part |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a high-tech tangle |  |  | 
          
            | 128 cubic feet of wood |  |  | 
          
            | Wood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Appliance dangler |  |  | 
          
            | Plug attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Plug's place |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a high-tech tangle |  |  | 
          
            | Appliance attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood order |  |  | 
          
            | Twisted strand |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood order |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a parachute (hopefully) |  |  | 
          
            | Appliance attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Modern phone's lack |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood amount |  |  | 
          
            | Power strip part |  |  | 
          
            | Lamp attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Strong rope |  |  | 
          
            | Appliance part |  |  | 
          
            | Cell phone's lack |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood quantity |  |  | 
          
            | Telephone line |  |  | 
          
            | Bungee, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Plug connection |  |  | 
          
            | Obsolescent phone accessory |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Plug connection |  |  | 
          
            | Parachute pull |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood unit |  |  | 
          
            | Word with rip or patch |  |  | 
          
            | Electrical cable |  |  | 
          
            | Bungee, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Bolo tie component |  |  | 
          
            | Binding force |  |  | 
          
            | Obsolescent phone accessory |  |  | 
          
            | Binding force |  |  | 
          
            | Sweeper attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Wood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Extension extension |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy string |  |  | 
          
            | Vintage auto |  |  | 
          
            | Telephone part |  |  | 
          
            | Phone attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Bundle binding |  |  | 
          
            | Parachute part |  |  | 
          
            | Insulated electrical cable |  |  | 
          
            | Name of an early automobile |  |  | 
          
            | Phone connection |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood quantity |  |  | 
          
            | 128 cubic feet |  |  | 
          
            | Line |  |  | 
          
            | 128 cubic feet of wood |  |  | 
          
            | Cell phone's lack |  |  | 
          
            | 128 cubic feet of potential warmth |  |  | 
          
            | Bungee, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Twisted strand |  |  | 
          
            | Extension extension |  |  | 
          
            | Cloth with a ribbed surface |  |  | 
          
            | Woodshed stack |  |  | 
          
            | Appliance attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Parachute part |  |  | 
          
            | Strong string |  |  | 
          
            | Power carrier |  |  | 
          
            | Wood delivery |  |  | 
          
            | It may lead to an outlet |  |  | 
          
            | Wood delivery |  |  | 
          
            | Vacuum hookup |  |  | 
          
            | Outlet attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Fireplace supply |  |  | 
          
            | Bundle binder |  |  | 
          
            | Twine |  |  | 
          
            | 128 cubic feet |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Electrical line |  |  | 
          
            | Cell phone's lack |  |  | 
          
            | Twine |  |  | 
          
            | Appliance part |  |  | 
          
            | Vacuum hookup |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Telephone part |  |  | 
          
            | Strong rope |  |  | 
          
            | Clothesline, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Strong rope |  |  | 
          
            | Rip follower |  |  | 
          
            | One may be on the phone |  |  | 
          
            | 128 cubic feet |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Line from a lamp |  |  | 
          
            | Clothesline, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Cell phone's lack |  |  | 
          
            | Line from a lamp |  |  | 
          
            | Line to an outlet |  |  | 
          
            | Telephone part |  |  | 
          
            | Braided rope |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Lamp attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Wood unit |  |  | 
          
            | Choose either end of coiled string |  |  | 
          
            | Woodpile quantity |  |  | 
          
            | Unit of firewood |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Extension ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Woven string |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood unit |  |  | 
          
            | Thin rope |  |  | 
          
            | Spinal ___ |  |  | 
          
            | It may lead to an outlet |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a parachute |  |  | 
          
            | Parachutist's pull |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood unit |  |  | 
          
            | Extension extension |  |  | 
          
            | 128 cubic feet, to a woodchopper |  |  | 
          
            | Unit of firewood |  |  | 
          
            | Wood amount |  |  | 
          
            | Firewood quantity |  |  | 
          
            | Wood stack |  |  | 
          
            | Twine |  |  | 
          
            | String |  |  | 
          
            | Big stack of firewood |  |  | 
          
            | Classic car |  |  | 
          
            | Ribbed fabric |  |  | 
          
            | String |  |  | 
          
            | Wood quantity |  |  | 
          
            | Tendon |  |  | 
          
            | Electricity carrier |  |  | 
          
            | Classic '30s auto |  |  | 
          
            | Classic auto |  |  | 
          
            | Lanyard |  |  | 
          
            | Horsley's "Guns of Paradise" role |  |  | 
          
            | Sennit |  |  | 
          
            | Wood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Reo contemporary |  |  | 
          
            | Dressing-gown adjunct |  |  | 
          
            | Pile of wood |  |  | 
          
            | Lumber quantity |  |  | 
          
            | Sash or whip follower |  |  | 
          
            | Woodpile word |  |  | 
          
            | String |  |  | 
          
            | Auto of the 30's |  |  | 
          
            | Funicle |  |  | 
          
            | Parcel adjunct |  |  | 
          
            | Packaging supply |  |  | 
          
            | Wood quantity |  |  | 
          
            | Unit of wood |  |  | 
          
            | Phone attachment |  |  | 
          
            | "The Silver ___," Sidney Howard play |  |  | 
          
            | Stack of wood |  |  | 
          
            | Line |  |  | 
          
            | Ribbed fabric |  |  | 
          
            | Quantity of wood |  |  | 
          
            | Follower of rip or whip |  |  | 
          
            | 128 cu. ft. of wood |  |  | 
          
            | Old U. S. car |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy twine |  |  | 
          
            | Wrapper's need |  |  | 
          
            | Spinal or vocal |  |  | 
          
            | String. |  |  | 
          
            | Fuel-wood measure |  |  | 
          
            | Tendon |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Meyer Jr. |  |  | 
          
            | Ribbed fabric. |  |  | 
          
            | Unit of measurement. |  |  | 
          
            | Rib on a fabric surface. |  |  | 
          
            | 128 cu. ft. of wood. |  |  | 
          
            | Fabric. |  |  | 
          
            | Tire fiber. |  |  | 
          
            | Cloth with ribbed surface. |  |  | 
          
            | Measure of wood. |  |  | 
          
            | Ribbed cloth. |  |  | 
          
            | Fabric rib. |  |  | 
          
            | Stack wood. |  |  | 
          
            | Measure for firewood. |  |  | 
          
            | Quantity of wood. |  |  | 
          
            | Twine. |  |  | 
          
            | Wood pile. |  |  | 
          
            | Lanyard. |  |  | 
          
            | Marline. |  |  | 
          
            | Trouser material. |  |  |