| MACHINETOOL | Order Michael on to lathe perhaps |
| CERA | Michael who played George Michael on "Arrested Development" |
| ROSSI | Dr. Michael on "Peyton Place" |
| MARTA | Love interest for both Gob and Michael on "Arrested Development" |
| CHE | Weekend Update coanchor Michael on SNL |
| JAN | She dated Michael on "The Office" |
| TIE | Accessory for Michael on "The Good Place" |
| CAROLINE | Girl given brief part, being hugged by Michael on screen? (8) |
| ARETHAFRANKLIN | Singer who duetted with George Michael on their hit I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) |
| NIKITA | 1985 Elton John song which had George Michael on backing vocals (6) |
| THROW | To shape on a potter's lathe (5) |
| TOUR | Meaning "turn" or "lathe", journey from place to place for pleasure or to perform concerts; or, a circuit of tournaments forming a golf, tennis or snooker championship (4) |
| MANDREL | A spindle in a lathe to which a workpiece is fixed while being turned; a jeweller's tapering triblet on which rings are shaped or sized; or, a miner's pick (7) |
| LECTERN | The French beginning to construct and shape on lathe, we hear, reading desk (7) |
| ARBOR | Latin word for a tree, used in scientific contexts to refer to a trunk-like axle, beam, mandrel, shaft or spindle in a machine or a lathe (5) |
| TURNERY | Lathe work reminiscent of an English artist, perhaps? (7) |
| ETHANOL | Biofuel turning on lathe |
| TURNER | Artist who worked on a lathe? |
| TREADLE | Vaguely related to part of a lathe (7) |
| TURNING | Ring nut made on a lathe (7) |
