| LOIN | Cut of meat between the blade and leg |
| LOOM | What is the part of an oar between the blade and the handle? (4) |
| TENDERLOIN | Choice cut of meat between the sirloin and ribs (10) |
| FOKKER | Which Dutch aircraft engineer made it possible to fire a machinegun between the blades of a propeller? (6) |
| FLANK | Meat between the ribs and the hip |
| STEPHANDORFF | World Trade Center, Blade and Cecil B. DeMented are movies in which this US actor has appeared; he also played the role of Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat, the 1994 film about the early days of The Beatl |
| HALBERD | Military weapon of the 15th and 16th centuries consisting of an axe blade and spearhead mounted on a long wooden pole (7) |
| PUDDLE | A pool of rainwater; a ripple on the water's surface left by the blade of an oar; or, a curtain's train of fabric, spilling onto the floor (6) |
| LAMINAL | Of a consonant sound, produced by blocking the passage of air with the blade of the tongue (7) |
| LIGULE | A strap-shaped membranous outgrowth at the junction between the leaf blade and sheath in many grasses |
| WESLEY | _ Snipes, star of the films Blade and Demolition Man (6) |
| MIDRIB | The main vein of a leaf, running down the centre of the blade (6) |
| SABRE | Cavalry sword with a curved blade and single cutting edge, common in Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries (5) |
| ADDERSTONGUE | Fern found in the northern hemisphere whose frond consists of an oval leaf-blade and a narrow spore-bearing spike on a stalk (6-6) |
| ROWAN | Use a blade and cut down tree (5) |
| SWORD | Weapon, such as Excalibur, consisting of a blade and a hilt |
| HOE | Garden item consisting of a wide blade and a handle |
| BOSTON | Home of the CWHL Blades and NWHL Pride |
| SPLICE | Triangular-shaped section joining the handle and the blade of a cricket bat (6) |
| WASH | Thin coat of paint; type of marsh or fen; or, the blade of an oar (4) |
