| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| BALSA | Wood lighter than cork. |
| corking | Illicitly hollow out (a baseball bat) and fill it with cork to make it lighter |
| marblewood | a Malaysian tree; the distinctively marked wood of this tree, having black bands on a lighter background |
| marblewoods | MARBLEWOOD, a Malaysian tree; the distinctively marked wood of this tree, having black bands on a lighter background |
| shives | thin plug, as of wood or cork, for stopping the bunghole of a cask or the mouth of a bottle |
| shive | thin plug, as of wood or cork, for stopping the bunghole of a cask or the mouth of a bottle |
