| BURIN | Also called a graver, this engraving tool has a metal shaft that is cut or ground diagonally downward to form a diamond-shaped point at the tip. (5) |
| HARDCOURT | Cut or ground (4,5) |
| RAVAGER | A graver kind of criminal |
| CITROUS | Is cut or chopped like lemons |
| RAMROD | Metal shaft used to clean a gun barrel |
| ARROWHEAD | Sharp attachment to a shaft that is shot at a target with a bow (Theme answer: this answer describes the shape formed by this puzzle's squares; the first word of 9-Across describes the direction in wh |
| STYLE | Graver bearing (5) |
| AVERAGE | Some of the graver agencies become mean |
| SCOOPER | An avocet; an engraving tool; a utensil that ladles or gouges; or, a journalist who obtains exclusives (7) |
| SEGMENT | From the Latin for "to cut", each of several parts into which something, such as an arthropod/insect, orange or population, is or may be divided; or, part of a circle that is cut by its chord (7) |
| TANG | Part of a tool has a strong taste |
| USES | A versatile tool has a lot of them |
| AUGER | What boring hand tool has a bit shaped like a corkscrew? (5) |
| GIMLET | What small hand tool has a screw tip for boring holes? (6) |
| BULL | Also called the cub, or ground, shark, the ___ shark is blunt-snouted and grows to about 3.5 metres (11.5 feet), or a mature bovine male (4) |
| PUNNET | Perhaps a diminutive of dialect for "a pound", a basket, chip or pottle for cherries, mushrooms, strawberries or other foods of tree or ground (6) |
| TINA | A girl has a metal one |
| DOBRO | Acoustic guitar that has a metal resonator built into the body (5) |
| COATING | Covering the tooth that has a metal filling (7) |
| STYLET | A probe or engraving tool (6) |
