| COLDCHISEL | A useful tool, though that cuts no ice! (4,6) |
| RACISTSCALPEL | Don't ditch your CLEAR PLASTICS; recycle them into a ___, a useful tool for bigoted surgeons |
| NEAT | Heads northwards, entering Arctic terrain, but there's no ice! (4) |
| TARTANARMY | Sports fans, bitter, prepare to fight cuts no matter what |
| OPS | Cuts, no end of Whitehall procedures |
| BANANASKIN | Hide fruit beforehand though that could be a bit slippery |
| ALLSORBETS | Menu listing of a specialty shop that sells no ice cream or gelato? |
| SECURITYCOUNCIL | Forum in US cut no ice with Cyril, strangely (8,7) |
| UNCOMMUNICATIVE | Vain mum cut no ice ___ bad mum! (15) |
| NOMADIC | Cut no ice about lunatic wandering (7) |
| CREDITACCOUNT | Plastic card cut no ice; time to draw on this! (6,7) |
| WEARING | We take a phone call, tiresome though that is |
| UTENSIL | In turn, sent out a long useful tool (7) |
| TNT | Channel that doesn't air The Big Bang Theory, even though that would be apt |
| FATCHANCE | Slender hope (odd though that sounds) (3,6) |
| TREASURE | Riches stored up in suet, rare though that may be (8) |
| REDIVIDE | Multiply (though that feels contrary) like an amoeba |
| CAUTION | A warning about a cut no one can make up (7) |
| HACKSAW | Drudge went out with useful tool (7) |
| GOOGLE | Useful tool for completing "general knowledge" crosswords |
