| TROWELS | Hand tools for lifting loose material (such as grit), and comprising handles and curved blades (or scoops) (7) |
| FORKS | Bifurcations in rivers, roads or snakes' tongues; tools for lifting hay; or, utensils used with spoons when waiting in the silver-service style (5) |
| SICKLE | Farming tool with a short handle and curved blade (6) |
| SHOVEL | Spade-like tool with a broad curved blade or scoop, to which a style of hat with a rolled brim is likened (6) |
| GRATIS | Scattered as grit on the house (6) |
| DWELT | Was resident lifting loose shirt? (5) |
| BOILS | Prepares, as grits |
| PICK | A tool with a handle and curved bar sharpened at both ends used for breaking hard surfaces (4) |
| PICKAXE | Heavy tool with wooden handle and curved head (7) |
| DUNNAGE | Word for brushwood and other loose material stowed among a ship's cargo; a sailor's baggage; or, personal effects generally (7) |
| SKATER | A boarder, ice dancer or roller, gliding on a deck, blades or wheels; or, a pond-skimming water strider (6) |
| KNIFE | An instrument such as a Gurkha's kukri, a chipper's blade or one of the cutlery items stored in a canteen (5) |
| TRAMP | A long hard hike; a sound of heavy treading or horses' hooves; top of a spade's blade; or, a hobo, such as the one portrayed by Charlie Chaplin (5) |
| TAHR | Goat-like mammal with a shaggy coat and curved horns such as the Himalayan ___ (4) |
| ROOSTERCOGBURN | Character played by John Wayne in 1969's True Grit and its 1975 sequel (7,7) |
| COMETOGRIPSWITH | Tackle cop show with grit and time for development (4,2,5,4) |
| ASH | The wood of this pinnate-leaved tree is used for tool handles and furniture |
| AMPHORA | Ancient Greek jar or jug with two Handles and a narrow neck (7) |
| TOE | A phalangeal foot digit; the front of a horse's hoof; the tip of a hockey stick's blade; or, a cliff's base (3) |
| SPATULAS | Hand tools for turning food (8) |
