| AUTOTUNE | It might be used to smooth out a track |
| CARPENTER | He may be used to smooth plane travel (9) |
| EXPLAINER | He used to smooth out timber edges, reportedly, and told you how to do it (9) |
| IRON | Small appliance used to smooth out wrinkled clothes |
| EDIT | Smooth out a rough draft |
| GRATUITY | You smooth out a gritty tip (8) |
| WATERS | Using a lubricant to smooth out the rollers (7,3,2,8,6) |
| TROUBLED | Using a lubricant to smooth out the rollers (7,3,2,8,6) |
| POURINGOILON | Using a lubricant to smooth out the rollers (7,3,2,8,6) |
| AIRBRUSH | Top's missing from bristly toilet accessory - it's to smooth out the wrinkles |
| FREEWHEEL | Device in vehicle transmissions, formerly used as an economy aid - as in Rover's 'Auntie' P4 - or to smooth out uneven running in two-stroke engines on the overrun (Saab and DKW) (9) |
| LAYOFF | Get the sack to smooth out (3,3) |
| ROUGHEDGES | Things to smooth out |
| REAMER | Tool used to smooth holes to size (6) |
| FLYWHEEL | Regulator used to smooth the running of a reciprocating engine (8) |
| SADIRON | Tragic, the club is used to smooth things out (3-4) |
| HATPIN | It might be used to affix a chapeau |
| HOSE | It might be used to fill a kiddie pool |
| MUTEBUTTON | It might be used to block out background noise on Zoom |
| ECASH | Cut green tree a€“ it might be used for a hedge? (1-4) |
