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PANELPINA light slender brad or tack for securing backboards, plywood, skirting, wainscoting etc (5,3)
PINPRICKA sharp jab of a sartor's tingle or tack, thus a tiny dot, jot, mildly annoying wound or needling irritation (8)
PINFrom "feather", a word for a point or tip originally, later a peg; a leg; a brooch; a skittle; a pastry flattener; a tack for dressmaking/tailoring; or, a projecting tenon of a dovetail joint (3)
BANKSHOTUse of a cushion or a backboard
WOODWORKWainscoting, e.g.
REPANELSPuts in new wainscoting, say
HOBNAILA heavy-headed peg-like brad or stud for a shoe, whether for a horse or a member of a labouring work crew (7)
SELFPASSAction that's illegal in basketball unless the ball touches the backboard, the hoop, or another player first
AIRBALLSShots that fail to hit the basket, rim, or backboard: 2 wds.
REBOUNDSGrabs a basketball off the backboard
NAILA part of the human body treated during a manicure; or, a fastener such as a brad, sprig or tack (4)
STAPLEU-shaped wire tack for fastening paper; or, a food such as bread or grain considered a fundamental part of a diet or cuisine (6)
FOILA light, slender, flexible fencing sword tipped by a button (4)
DRAWINGPINA short, broad-headed tack for fastening papers or pictures to a board or wall (7,3)
RAPIERA light slender sword used for thrusting
PINNERA dainty apron; a maker of tacks for temporarily fastening cloth; either of a pair of lappets of a lady's white linen indoor cap; or, the cloth hat itself (6)
PINSBrooches or badges; an old word for chessmen; skittles; or, little tacks for tailoring (4)
PANELSFlat pieces forming doors, fences, hurdles or wainscoting; or, boards upon which controls, dials or switches are fixed (6)
STIRRUPEquestrian foot support; one of the items of saddlery or tack traditionally crafted by a loriner (7)
BRIDLEBAGUsed for storing/ transporting tack (for newlywed, it's said?) (6,3)