| PADDLE | Barefoot walk in shallow water; a canoe oar; a whiff-what? bat; or, one of the blades of a water wheel (6) |
| BEZEL | The diagonal face at the end of the blade of a chisel, leading to the edge. |
| PADDLES | Blades of a water wheel (7) |
| TEATRAY | What bat in flight resembled for one: a rat, yet different |
| SOLES | They may be sandy after a barefoot walk on the beach |
| OFORTHREE | Bad day at bat (or, One more than two) |
| STROKE | A beat of a heart; a hit of a ball in golf or tennis; a solidus or virgule; a pull of an oar; a sound of a clock's chime; or, a sudden sweep of genius or luck (6) |
| FOLDS | What a handyman does to the blades of a jackknife before dropping it in his pocket |
| FOKKER | Which Dutch aircraft engineer made it possible to fire a machinegun between the blades of a propeller? (6) |
| SWEEP | A chimney cleaner; a long oar; a curved drive, road or stretch of open countryside; or, the squeaky puppet pal of Sooty and Soo (5) |
| FLYBYNIGHT | Irresponsible sort? Bat perhaps (3-2-5) |
| ASA | Blind ? bat |
| BANK | From "bench", a word for a money-dealer's table or counter that came to mean an establishment for the custody of money; a tier of oars; a row of keys; or, a sloped side of a river (4) |
| PUDDLE | Circular disturbance on the surface of water made by the blade of a rower's oar at each stroke; or, a curtain's surplus fabric spilling onto the floor (6) |
| VANE | A blade of a propeller or windmill; the fletching of an arrow; the vexillum of a feather; or, a weathercock (4) |
| ELECTRICRAZOR | One of The Blades tends to be plugged in at a live setting cutting Zappa short, for one? (8,5) |
| SHEATH | A case or covering for the blade of a knife or sword (6) |
| SPLICE | Triangular-shaped section joining the handle and the blade of a cricket bat (6) |
| SCABBARD | Holder or sheath for the blade of a dagger, knife or sword (8) |
| RAZOR | Artist from zone in middle of El Dorado produced one of The Blades (5) |
