| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BUILD | Shaft | |
| JAVELIN | Athletics shaft | |
| ARROW | Archer’s shaft | |
| POLE | Wooden shaft | |
| HOLE | Wooden shaft | |
| CAM | Wheel-shaft projection | |
| RAY | Light shaft | |
| AXLE | Machinery shaft | |
| BOLT | Shaft of lightning | |
| ROD | Stick Or Shaft | |
| WAY SHAFT | A rock shaft. | |
| BEARING | Support for rotating shaft | |
| GROOVE | A shaft or excavation. | |
| ROCKER | Same as Rock shaft. | |
| FOUNDERSHAFT | The first shaft sunk. | |
| PIT | The shaft of a mine | |
| TRAM | The shaft of a cart. | |
| BRACE | The mouth of a shaft. | |
| SCAPE | The shaft of a column. | |
| WELLOFF | Oil shaft bad for the rich | |
| DOING | Carry out dowelling without oil shaft? | |
| SPEARED | Pointed weapon with a wooden shaft | |
| SPEAR | Pointy weapon with a wooden shaft | |
| RISER | A shaft excavated from below upward. | |
| NONEVENT | Not one air shaft? What a letdown! | |