| PLANE | Tool made in a wide variety of sizes, used for removing rough surfaces on wood and for reducing it to size. (5) |
| POLYMATH | A person knowledgeable in a wide variety of subjects (8) |
| NESBIT | Novelist born in London in 1858 who wrote The Story of the Treasure Seekers, Five Children and It, T |
| ARNICA | Herb used for pain caused by osteoarthritis, and for reducing bleeding or bruising after surgery (6) |
| HOE | Gardening tool made in Phoenix (3) |
| JALFREDPRUFROCK | 'The Love Song of ___' (though he didn't write it; T.S. Eliot did) |
| FILINGCABINETS | Removing rough from vehicle one secures for office-holders? |
| BITS | Drill attachments that come in a variety of sizes |
| PLATE | Flat dish of various sizes used according to culinary purpose; food served on said crock; or, household utensils in gold or silver collectively (5) |
| VARNISH | It can be used on wood and nails (7) |
| PICA | Old type size used for first four capitals in random order |
| LACQUER | Hard shiny covering on wood and metal (7) |
| LAISSEZFAIRE | Not intervening - a variety of sizes satisfactory in Dior article |
| SICKLE | This cuts absence from work, reducing it by a third |
| WAISTLINE | Instil awe, possibly by reducing it (9) |
| PASTA | From the Italian for "dough", a global comfort food/staple produced in a world of sizes and shapes, from fine angel hair for light sauces, seafood and capellini cakes to thick ziti for mac-and-cheese- |
| OPPORTUNISTIC | A type of feeding behaviour in which an animal feeds on a wide variety of prey and is able to adapt to whatever food becomes available |
| EMERY | ____ paper, a type of abrasive that is used for sanding down rough surfaces (5) |
| EMPORIUM | What is a name for a large store selling a wide variety of merchandise? (8) |
| PURCELL | Which English composer was renowned for a wide variety of choral and church works, Henry ... (7) |
