| EARTHWORMS | A prankster's tools to make you squirm |
| WATERBALLOON | A prankster's tool to make a splash |
| FIRECRACKERS | A prankster's tools to get an explosive reaction |
| CANTICLE | Song able to make you squirm, as they say (8) |
| AIRHORN | A prankster's tool to elicit a scream |
| WRITHE | Her wit can make you squirm (6) |
| ELEMENT | With 62-Across, a key component of any good prank, and a hint to the beginnings of the prankster's tools herein |
| KNURL | Rough edge given to tools to make them easier to grip (5) |
| SEESAWS | Notice woodcutting tools to make the kids' up-and-down items in a playground (7) |
| BEVELS | Tools to make sloping edges, on wood say (6) |
| STRIKE | Down tools to make an impression (6) |
| TURN | Tools to make the propellers go round? (4,6) |
| SCREWS | Tools to make the propellers go round? (4-6) |
| SAUCEPOTS | Tools to make bechamel and Bordelaise |
| KITE | Carpenter at centre gets set of tools to make flying toy |
| SCREWDRIVERS | Tools to make cocktails (12) |
| CRINGE | Bell sound in church makes you squirm |
| TEASER | A prankster, ribber, tantaliser or taunter; a brain-twister, mind-bender, poser, puzzle or other riddle; a jaeger; a cryptic advertisement designed to entice or titillate; or, a wool-comber (6) |
| ROGUE | Word for a vagrant; a scoundrel; a prankster or scamp; a savage solitary elephant; or, a variation from type (5) |
| BYPLANE | We're told to purchase tool to make flying machine |
