Shoemaking tool — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the September 5 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
AWL
3 letters
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Shoemaker's need to punch holes
AWL
3
Shoemaker's need to punch holes
AWL
3
Belt hole-making tool
AWL
3
Leather hole-maker
AWL
3
Shoemaker's need, to punch holes
AWL
3
Leatherworker's hole-punching tool (anagram of "law")
AWL
3
Leather-punching tool
AWL
3
Shoemaker's need to punch holes
AWL
3
Leatherworker's punch
AWL
3
Cobbler's pointy tool
AWL
3
Letter sequence common to "bawl" and "drawl"
AWL
3
Leatherworker's tool
AWL
3
Hee-___ (donkey's sound)
HAW
3
Super Bowl organization: Abbr.
NFL
3
Plant's stalk
STEM
4
"The apple of my ___"
EYE
3
Winning combination in tic-tac-toe, perhaps
OOO
3
Windy, like a well-ventilated room
AIRY
4
Tennis or volleyball barriers
NETS
4
Stew-cooking vessel
POT
3
Make a woollen muffler, say
KNIT
4
Actress Greta from "The Morning Show"
LEE
3
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