| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| KNIVES | Blades | |
| FOILS | Fencing blades | |
| SABERS | Fencing blades | |
| EPEES | Fencing blades | |
| SCALPELS | Surgeons’ blades | |
| AXEHEADS | Woodcutters’ blades | |
| VANES | Windmill blades | |
| OARS | Rowing blades | |
| WIPERS | Rubber windscreen blades | |
| SAWS | Noticed bearing blades | |
| PROPELLERS | Ship’s driving blades | |
| BLADY | Consisting of blades. | |
| SKATED | Moved over ice on blades | |
| STILETTOS | Short daggers with tapering blades | |
| CUTTINGEDGE | Leading position in field of blades | |
| FORK | To shoot into blades, as corn. | |
| BLADED | Divested of blades; as, bladed corn. | |
| SORRAGE | The blades of green or barley. | |
| INTERSCAPULAR | Between the scapulae or shoulder blades. | |
| BAYONETS | Blades fixed to the muzzles of guns | |
| ROTORS | Once Piper left, new proprietors found helicopter blades | |
| ALIST | The elite of the finalists don’t need shark blades | |
| GULLET | A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades. | |
| FURBISHER | One who furbishes; esp., a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons. | |
| SHEARS | A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge. | |