| Pound |
| Gavel |
| Kevel |
| Mallet |
| Hand tool |
| Nail banger |
| Certain tool |
| Thor's weapon |
| Carpentry tool |
| Claw or sledge |
| Tongs' partner |
| Spillane sleuth |
| Spillane's "eye |
| Weapon for Thor |
| U.S.S.R. symbol |
| Carpenter's need |
| Carpenter's tool |
| Spillane gumshoe |
| Thor's boomerang |
| Tool — trounce |
| Nail-hitting tool |
| Criticize severely |
| Spillane protagonist |
| Track-and-field missile |
| Ear's malleus, nonmedically |
| It hits the nail on the head |
| U Can't Touch This" rap singer |
| Glockenspiel player's implement |
| Work (out) with effort, as an agreement |
| Word that can follow the ends of the answers to asterisked clues |