| DIGGER | Tool or machine for excavating |
| TRIMMER | Tool or machine for clipping, paring or pruning (7) |
| DREDGER | Machine for excavating silt or mud |
| SCALE | An instrument or machine for weighing (5) |
| CHURN | A vessel or machine for making butter (5) |
| DRILL | A tool or machine with a rotating tip used for making holes (5) |
| GRAB | Mechanical clamshell or scoop with hinged jaws for excavating; or, with "bag", an assortment of miscellaneous items (4) |
| PICK | Choose a tool for excavating (4) |
| CHURNS | Large metal containers formerly used for transporting milk; or, machines for converting cream into butter (6) |
| AERATOR | A garden tool or machine used on lawns to improve soil drainage and encourage worms, microfauna and microflora |
| PICKS | Chooses implements for excavating (5) |
| STONEQUARRY | Place for excavating building rock |
| GINS | Juniper-berry-flavoured spirits; horse-powered devices operating threshing mills; or, machines for separating seeds from raw cotton (4) |
| MILL | From "grind", a building equipped with apparatus for crushing corn into flour; the grindstone, quern or machine used; or, a utensil with which to molere coffee beans or peppercorns (4) |
| SCARIFIER | Implement or machine with prongs for loosening soil (9) |
| HANDBOOK | A guide or manual about a particular subject or machine (8) |
| TINKERED | Fiddled or played around with a device or machine (8) |
| GLITCH | A fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine. (6) |
| RACER | A person, animal or machine that races (5) |
| WORKHORSE | Person (or machine) dependably slogging away (9) |
