| HILT | The handle or shaft of a sword or dagger (4) |
| SNATHE | The curved handle or shaft of a scythe (6) |
| KNIFE | Tool or implement for cutting, the blade being either fixed to the handle or fastened with a hinge so as to clasp into it. These tools form the largest class of cutting implements known collectively a |
| ARM | Part of the body that is either the handle or the spout when doing the motions for I'm a Little Teapot |
| CAGE | A basic lift in the shaft of a colliery; a group of cells in a killer sudoku; a bidon holder on a bike's frame; or, an aviary, coop or hutch (4) |
| VENT | A flue; the shaft of a volcano; the touch hole of a cannon; or, the release of emotion/energy (4) |
| EDGE | Part of a sword or razor blade |
| HAFT | The handle of a knife or dagger (4) |
| RACHIS | An axis or shaft of a feather; or, the spine or vertebral column (6) |
| WELL | A hole or shaft excavated into the earth so as to tap a supply of water, oil or gas (4) |
| QUIZ | Old word for a yo-yo; short word for a monocle on a handle; or, a test of general knowledge (4) |
| BEAM | Ray or shaft of light |
| WHIP | Riding crop-like device; a central shaft of a windmill's sail; or, a young single-stem tree (4) |
| LUGS | From "forelocks, hair pulls", word for fruit/vegetable boxes, leather tugs or other things that can be pulled or laid hold of; in the Scots dialect, ears; lappets or flaps of caps; handles or loops; o |
| VANE | The flat part on either side of the shaft of a feather |
| TRAME | Obsolete term for a beam or shaft of a cart, etc (5) |
| AXLE | A bar or shaft on which a wheel revolves (4) |
| CREPUSCULAR | A kind of ray, or shaft of light, that can be seen just after the sun has set and which extend over the western sky radiating from the position of the sun below the horizon. (11) |
| TIGE | I get it - it's the shaft of a column! (4) |
| HONE | Sharpen, like a sword or a skill |
