| ADZE | A tool for cutting away the surface of wood |
| ADZ | A tool for cutting away the surface of wood |
| VARNISH | Resinous matter dissolved in oil etc. used to give gloss to the surface of wood, etc. |
| STRICKLE | Name, rhyming with a word for a drip or a type of chutney, for a rod for levelling a heaped measure of grain; or, a tool for whetting a scythe (8) |
| SCROLLSAW | A tool for cutting decorative strips (6-3) |
| SQUARE | A tool for determining a right angle; a cotton flower-bud; a quadrilateral; or, something four-sided, such as a cell in a crossword grid, a chocolate brownie, a formation of troops, a marketplace, a m |
| PARES | Trims by cutting away the outer edges of |
| PARED | Trimmed by cutting away the edges or surface especially fruits and vegetables |
| TRIM | Word that relates to conditioning a ship for sea, cutting away irregular or unwanted parts, decorating clothing or preparing a candle wick for use (4) |
| NEEDLE | Traditionally bought at a haberdashery, an item forming part of an etui or a sewing basket, used with a thimble and thread; a tool for knitting; or, a leaf of a pine tree (6) |
| RESECTION | Surgical cutting away of bone (9) |
| HOOK | An attachment on a mixer for kneading dough; a tool for crochet; a letter used to spell a new word in Scrabble; or, a catchy pop phrase (4) |
| UPRIGHT | A perpendicular goalpost, stake, stone, stroke etc; a tool for basketry; a type of chair with a straight back; or, a piano with vertical strings (7) |
| STEEL | An alloy for striking sparks from flint; a sword; a tool for honing a knife; or, a bone, rod or stay for corsetry (5) |
| EXSECTED | Removed by cutting away (8) |
| ODE | After cutting away top, fashion creative work (3) |
| PRUNING | Cutting away dead branches (7) |
| TAMP | A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.). |
| PLUNGER | A type of 1A 45, or a tool for clearing drain blockages |
| PICK | Another name for a plectrum; or, a tool for breaking ice (4) |
