| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| POLE | Wooden shaft | |
| HOLE | Wooden shaft | |
| SPEARED | Pointed weapon with a wooden shaft | |
| SPEAR | Pointy weapon with a wooden shaft | |
| PIKE | A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet. | |
| GUDGEON | The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle an... | |