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PANELPINA light slender brad or tack for securing backboards, plywood, skirting, wainscoting etc (5,3)
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)
PINPRICKA sharp jab of a sartor's tingle or tack, thus a tiny dot, jot, mildly annoying wound or needling irritation (8)
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
REBOUNDSGrabs a basketball off the backboard
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)
NAILA part of the human body treated during a manicure; or, a fastener such as a brad, sprig or tack (4)
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)
SIMILE"Sharp as a tack," for example
HARNESSPiece of tack for a draft horse