| MANDREL | A spindle in a lathe to which a workpiece is fixed while being turned; a jeweller's tapering triblet on which rings are shaped or sized; or, a miner's pick (7) |
| TWIGLETS | Goldsmith/jeweller's tapering steel mandrels or graduated cones to size or forge circular items from bezels, collets and rings to thimbles (8) |
| BRITTLE | Perhaps triblet is delicate (7) |
| ARBOR | A spindle in carborundum |
| PRECISE | Exact prices fixed while receiving drug (7) |
| CHUCK | A device that holds a workpiece in a lathe or tool in a drill (5) |
| VISE | A device consisting of two parallel jaws for holding a workpiece; one of the jaws is fixed and the other movable by a screw, a lever, or a cam. When used for holding a workpiece during hand operations |
| WHORL | Word for a spindle's flywheel or wharve originally, later a pattern of concentric circles; a single convolution in a spiral shell; a radial arrangement of petals or leaves; or, a gyre or swirl in a fi |
| KNURLED | Having a crossed-line pattern generally applied by a lathe to aid gripping (7) |
| LOUPE | Homophonous with a word for a ring, a little eyeglass with which a jeweller magnifies gems and bling (5) |
| CAPSTAN | Motor-driven spindle in a tape recorder that pulls the magnetic tape past the head (7) |
| SPINDLE | Wooden spike/pin for twisting fibres into yarn; or, a mandrel in a lathe (7) |
| HATEMAIL | I'm turning a lathe to deal with hostile letters (4,4) |
| HASP | In which a spindle is part of a lock |
| CENTROMERE | In biology, part of a chromosome attached to a spindle fibre during cell division, where the chromat |
| WHEEL | A potter's turntable; a driver's steering mechanism; or, a yarn-spinner's machine with a spindle (5) |
| COPPIN | Dialect for the crest or top of a hill; or, a conical mass of thread on a spindle, possibly tump-shaped (6) |
| WEALTH | We initially turned lathe to produce riches (6) |
| GCLAMPS | Tools used to hold a wood or metal workpiece (1,6) |
| CHUCKS | Devices for things in a lathe (6) |
