| POINT | Sharp end of a pin or a sword; a nib; or, a critical moment (5) |
| STEEL | An alloy for striking sparks from flint; a sword; a tool for honing a knife; or, a bone, rod or stay for corsetry (5) |
| LAPEL | Place for a pin or a mike |
| FENCE | Use a sword - a crime is of this! (5) |
| PARSNIP | Spar with a pin or a vegetable (7) |
| HEAD | One end of a pin |
| TOE | Digit at end of a pin? (3) |
| FORTE | Italian for "loud, strong", thus for a loud musical passage; or, a strong point of a person or a sword (5) |
| SHELL | A conch trumpet; the outer case of a nut/seed; or, a sword's handguard (5) |
| RIVET | A pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal (5) |
| PREEN | Word meaning to clean the feathers using the beak "like a pin"; or, to plume or primp generally (5) |
| STUNG | Given the sharp end of a waspish tongue? (5) |
| PIVOT | A fulcrum, pin or shaft on which something turns; or, a central person or thing, essential to the success or progress of any undertaking (5) |
| KENDO | With its origins in the tradition of the samurai and meaning "way of the sword", a Japanese martial art and form of fencing using bamboo staves (5) |
| TIP | A helpful or practical hint; a race prediction; a pourboire; a nib; the end of a finger; a leafbud of a tea plant; a rubbish heap; or, a figurative pigsty (3) |
| CHIMB | Conservative bishop that keeps concluding three of seraphim can be found round the head of a pin? |
| BLADE | It's used in a row or a sword fight |
| BOLTS | Word for crossbow arrows; stout pins or screws; sliding bars in locks; rolls of cloth, linen or wallpaper; white flashes of lightning; or, sprints, such as those executed by runner Usain (5) |
| PARRY | Deflect, as an insult or a sword |
| BASIN | A nib's taken out to wash in it (5) |
