| Finger or finishing follower | 28 |
| Finger finisher | 15 |
| Finger ending | 13 |
| Finalize, with "down" | 31 |
| Filing target | 13 |
| Filer's target | 18 |
| Filed thing | 11 |
| File target | 11 |
| File or polish | 14 |
| File opener? | 12 |
| Fight tooth and ___ | 19 |
| Fastener in a gun | 17 |
| Fasten permanently | 18 |
| Fasten or fastener | 18 |
| Farrier's fastener | 22 |
| Execute perfectly, in slang | 27 |
| Ersatz hook | 11 |
| Emery-board target | 18 |
| Emery board's target | 24 |
| Drive tenpennies | 16 |
| Do carpentering | 15 |
| Cuticle neighbor | 16 |
| Coffin closer | 13 |
| Claw, e.g. | 10 |
| Certain striker's target | 28 |
| Catch, slangily | 15 |
| Catch, and how! | 15 |
| Catch redhanded | 15 |
| Cabinetmaker's need | 23 |
| Brad or spike | 13 |
| Brad e.g. | 10 |
| Biter's target | 18 |
| Bit of carpenter's gun ammo | 31 |
| "For want of a ___" | 29 |
| "For want of a ___ the shoe is lost" | 46 |
| "For want of a ___ the . . . " | 40 |
| "Ammunition" for a carpenter's gun | 48 |
| ___ polish | 10 |
| ___ down (make final) | 21 |
| Tense situation | 15 |
| Close game | 10 |
| Close contest | 13 |
| Sudden-death game, say | 22 |
| Very close game, e.g. | 21 |
| Tension-filled sports contest | 29 |
| Game that goes down to the wire | 31 |
| They go down to the wire | 24 |
| Tense contests | 14 |
| Like games that go into overtime | 32 |
| Games that go into overtime | 27 |
| Old anti-Sri Lanka war chant? | 29 |
| Grooming tool | 13 |
| Tool used before filing | 23 |
| Tool often used before filing (NBA) | 35 |
| Manicurist's ship? | 22 |
| Caught red-handed | 17 |
| Executed perfectly | 18 |
| Used a hammer | 13 |
| Stuck, like a landing | 21 |
| Performed perfectly | 19 |
| Got just right | 14 |
| Firmly affixed, in a way | 24 |
| Did carpentry | 13 |
| Caught but good | 15 |
| Aced the audition | 17 |
| Aced | 4 |
| Threw out, as a runner | 22 |
| Threw out on the basepaths, in baseball lingo | 45 |
| Tackled hard | 12 |
| Stuck, gymnastically | 20 |
| Out at the plate | 16 |
| Nabbed off base | 15 |
| Got exactly right | 17 |
| Got an "A" on | 23 |
| Firmly affixed | 14 |
| Fastened with brads | 19 |
| Exposed, as a lie | 17 |
| Drove tenpennies | 16 |
| Did to a T | 10 |
| Did carpentry work | 18 |
| Denial anagram | 14 |
| Completely got | 14 |
| Caught redhanded | 16 |
| Attached with a hammer | 22 |
| ___ down (settled definitely) | 29 |
| ___ down (made final) | 21 |
| Words often said with a fist pump | 33 |
| Post-exam exultation | 20 |
| Performed a routine perfectly | 29 |
| Passed the test in a big way | 28 |
| "That was perfect!" | 29 |
| 'I did that perfectly!' | 31 |
| Carpenter, at times | 19 |
| Hammer user | 11 |
| Roofer, at times | 16 |
| Carpenter's power tool | 26 |
| Carpenter's gadget | 22 |
| Carpenter, often | 16 |
| Carpenter's time-saving tool | 32 |
| User of spads and brads | 23 |