| CHAMPAGNEBOTTLE | Sabrage is a technique sometimes used to open a ____ |
| MONTAGE | *Film technique sometimes used to show the passage of time |
| DARTS | A checkout is a technique used to complete a game in this sport (5) |
| SABER | Sword sometimes used to open champagne bottles |
| KEY | A small piece of metal used to open a lock (3) |
| SMARTKEY | Device used to open a lock from a distance |
| POPUPADZ | Tool used to open a stuck jack-in-the-box? |
| RINGPULL | Metal tongue used to open a can (4,4) |
| SESAME | Seed supposedly used to open a door |
| COMBINATION | Set of numbers used to open a lock (11) |
| IMPASTO | Mastered by Rembrandt, a technique of applying oil paints thickly with a brush or a palette knife to achieve a surface texture in relief on a canvas or panel (7) |
| SASHCORD | It is used to open or close a window (4,4) |
| PDF | "Behind every broke millennial, is a Baby Boomer who makes 6 figures but can't open a ___" (viral tweet) |
| INTAGLIO | As a technique in jewellery, this opposite to cameo carving is used to make seals |
| SECCO | Italian word for "dry", used to refer to a technique of mural painting on dried lime plaster as opposed to fresh or "fresco"; or, dry wine (5) |
| LINOCUT | Term applied to a technique of making a design from a piece of vinyl flooring mounted on a wooden block; or, the print so created (7) |
| ETUDE | A musical composition for a solo intrument designed to practice a technique |
| SPIRAL | Name given to a technique for a railway to ascend steep hills (6) |
| ESKIMO | ____ roll, a technique used to right a capsized canoe (6) |
| CORKSCREW | Irish county's rowing team used to open many a bottle (9) |