Handy tools
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Handy tools
Match eight familiar tools with the jobs they do.
Tool used to grip and turn a nut or bolt head (6)
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About this hand tools crossword
3 Across answers meet 5 Down answers. Identify eight tools from their familiar functions. The hole-boring clue also uses a second meaning of its name; a holding-device clue specifies common US usage. Some letters have no crossing answer, so read the whole prompt.
Everyday & mixed words · Everyday words with a few less familiar terms.
9 × 9 grid · 8 clues · Criss-cross style
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Handy tools
Themed · 9 × 9 · ClueFill · AI-assisted original · Content checked
Across
1. Tool used to grip and turn a nut or bolt head (6)
6. Hand tool whose clawed variety can pull nails (6)
7. Gripping tool normally named in the plural, with two hinged jaws (6)
Down
2. Common US name for a device that grips workpieces together (5)
3. Tool whose spirit variety uses a bubble to check horizontal alignment (5)
4. Beveled-edge tool struck with a mallet to carve wood or stone (6)
5. Hole-boring tool whose name also means a practice exercise (5)
8. Toothed cutting tool moved through material (3)