| PUNCH | Device for making holes in leather or paper; type of fruit cup; a puppet; or, a chestnut horse from Suffolk (5) |
| STRING | Twine for cat's-cradle, a puppet or a yo-yo, for example; or, one of several figurative cords attached to one's metaphorical bow when one is said to have a wide range of resources (6) |
| DOILY | Lace or lacy-paper type of mat that can be used for crafting activities (5) |
| HAMMERDRILL | Device for making holes in masonry (6,5) |
| BOWL | A biased orb rolled on a crown green; a cheese for skittles; a deep dish; a drinking cup; a lob in cricket; a natural basin; or, a Scots word for a marble (4) |
| GLACE | From French for "iced", a word meaning frozen; covered in icing; candied or crystallised, as in cherries; or, glossy, as in leather or silk (5) |
| EYELET | A small round hole in leather or cloth for threading a lace or string (6) |
| RING | Burner on a gas stove; a mark left by a coffee cup; a circle of mushrooms; or, a planetary disc "herded" by a shepherd moon (4) |
| AWL | A tool used for making holes in leather |
| TEASET | A service comprising cups, a milk jug, saucers, a sugar bowl and other such crockery items; or, a miniature version of such for a doll's house (3,3) |
| CHALICE | From Latin for "cup", a goblet, such as an idiomatic poisoned example; or, a flower in this shape (7) |
| BRADAWL | Pointed hand tool for making holes in wood, leather etc. for screws or nails (7) |
| DOLL | A type of effigy, puppet or toy figurine, sometimes collected in the hobby of plangonology (4) |
| BODKIN | Small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric |
| OLDHAT | Like a chestnut horse brought in to lad for grooming (3,3) |
| AWLS | Tools for making holes in leather |
| COOLER | A polysemous word for a heat-reducing cell, chilly bin, drinks chest, esky, fan, fruit cup refresher, jail, long summer spritzer, mini refrigerator or picnic box pack containing gel (6) |
| FAVEL | Name for a chestnut horse (5) |
| DOLLDOM | Term for the world or realm of moppets, porcelain poppets, rag puppets or other toy effigies collected by children or plangonologists (7) |
| MELON | Fruit that always seems to be the majority of a fruit CUP |
