| NUNCHAKU | In martial arts, a pair of hardwood sticks joined by a chain or cord and used as a weapon (8) |
| CLAVE | In music, one of a pair of hardwood sticks struck together to make a hollow sound (5) |
| TETHERED | Tied by a chain or rope |
| DESPERATEDAN | Awful exponent of martial arts: a comic hero |
| NUNCHUCKS | Weapon of two sticks joined by a chain (9) |
| JUDO | Japanese martial art, a regular Olympic sport since 1972. |
| IRONS | Heavy shackles joined by a chain (5) |
| SPROCKET | Thin wheel with teeth driven by a chain (8) |
| ARTISANS | This form of art's a sin to such skilled workers (8) |
| PASTRAMI | 'Jewish food in Muslim Art's a playful retrospective (8) |
| BOUTIQUE | Show disapproval of hardwood, we hear, in shop (8) |
| TUG | A sudden forcible pull or wrench, such as that figuratively in love or war; a boat or plane for towing; a chain or rope for hauling; a horse's trace for draughting; or, any hard struggle (3) |
| LINK | One of a series of loops forming a chain; or, a historical torch of pitch and tow used to light dark streets (4) |
| DIABOLO | Game involving two sticks joined by a string and a spool-shaped object (7) |
| DAISY | Threaded by its stem to form a chain or garland, a "fresh" flower that covers its yellow disc in the evening and reveals it in the morning (5) |
| FESTOON | A chain or garland of flowers hung in a curve as a decoration (7) |
| VIRTU | Word for a love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities; or, such objets d'art and antiquities collectively (5) |
| NERVE | Cordlike bundle of fibres which conducts sensory or motor impulses between the brain or spinal cord and another part of the body (5) |
| NUNCHAKUS | Martial arts weapons that are two sticks connected by a chain |
| MEDULLA | And 29 Lowermost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord and containing control centres for the heart and lungs (7,9) |
