| SCRIBER | Tool for marking wood, etc |
| SCRIBES | Tools for marking wood; or, mainly historically, people who write documents by hand (7) |
| BEVEL | Tool for marking angles in carpentry or stonework (5) |
| BRADAWL | A tool used for piercing leather, wood, etc. (7) |
| AWL | A hand tool for piercing leather, wood, etc. (3) |
| INK | Colored fluid used for writing with a pen, for marking a rubber stamp |
| TAPE | A strip of some kind for marking a finish line, measuring, sticking etc (4) |
| DABBED | A printer's ball for inking blocks/plates by hand; or, a broad felt-tip pen for marking bingo cards (6) |
| DABBER | A printer's ball for inking blocks/plates by hand; or, a broad felt-tip pen for marking bingo cards (6) |
| FUEL | Based on Latin for "fireplace, hearth", word for coal, gas, oil, petrol, wood etc, burned to produce heat or power; food, as a source of energy; or, any stimulus that inflames emotion (4) |
| ROUGE | Substance used for marking the backs of cards* |
| BIRO | Ball-point used for marking (3,4) |
| RED | Ball-point used for marking (3,4) |
| FRENCHCHALK | Soft compact talc used for marking cloth (6,5) |
| BRANDINGIRON | Implement for marking livestock |
| SEXTANT | Device for marking position |
| LINING | Inner material used for marking the roads (6) |
| REDINK | What teachers may use for marking (3,3) |
| BRANDING | And take it with you outside for marking (8) |
| METRONOMES | Devices for marking musical time (10) |
