| BESOM | Bundle of twigs tied to a handle used as a broom (5) |
| STONE | Unit of weight equal to 14 lb; or, a granite device with a handle used in curling (5) |
| BESOMS | Brooms made of a bundles of twigs tied to handles. (6) |
| POKER | A metal rod with a handle, used for prodding and stirring an open fire (5) |
| FLAIL | Medieval weapon made of a spiked metal ball attached to a handle with a chain (5) |
| BIRCH | A bundle of twigs from what tree was formerly used for flogging offenders? (5) |
| FAGOT | A bundle of twigs / sticks bound together as fuel |
| KNIFE | A tool with a blade and handle used for cutting (5) |
| SHAFT | Single handle used to make a mine passageway |
| LORGNETTE | A pair of spectacles on a handle, used mainly by women when conventional ones were seen as unattractive |
| MUG | A drinking vessel with a handle used without a saucer / assault |
| BRIEFCASE | A flat case with a handle used for carrying documents (9) |
| TRUG | A shallow wooden basket with a handle used for carrying flowers or fruit (4) |
| BAT | Wooden implement with a handle used for hitting balls in games / mouselike nocturnal mammal |
| ADZE | Heavy hand tool with a steel cutting blade set perpendicularly to a handle (4) |
| FAGGOT | A drudge acquired a bundle of twigs |
| TOOL | (possibly) with a long or short handle, used to carry out a particular function (4) |
| DOORKNOB | Round handle used to release the latch on a means of access (4,4) |
| TETHERED | Tied to a post or fixed to the ground with a rope or chain (8) |
| WHISKERS | Word for bundles of twigs for whipping food originally, later the vibrissae of felines, mice and other animals; hairs of beards/moustaches; or, by extension, hair's-breadths (8) |
