Take a long word, remove its pin, and you have the answer.
Ex: Remove the pin from a small pad for holding sewing implements, to leave a bolster.
Answer: Pincushion - pin = cushion.

-1. Divest a thinly lined pattern of its pin to leave a band of colour. 6 letters

-2. Remove the pin from the sharp end of a sewing implement, to reveal a way to indicate a direction. 5

-3. Take the pin away from an idol, to reveal an antonym of down. 2

-4. Take the pin away from the nematode Enterobius vermicularis to be left with fishing bait. 4

-5. Drop the pin from a colloquial term for a stupid person to get your noggin. 4

-6. Extract the pin from the perennial plant of genus Lechea, to leave an unwanted garden plant. 4

-7. Take the pin from a type of firework, to leave one of the round things on your car. 5

-8. Drop the pin from Tommy's arcade game to leave you with a round object used in sport. 4

9. Take the pin away from a pound for stray animals to bend something over itself. 4

-10. Lose the pin from an item to hold a man's neckwear in place, to reveal a way to secure your laces. 3

5. head

2. Point - Hi Curly

Bernie

Nice start.

10. Tie

6 - weed

7. wheel

Thanks.

8. ball

Right Marian.

4. worm

Merci Joan.

3. up

Thanks LK.

9. Fold

Thanks.