Answer: HONED

AnswerCrossword Clue
HONEDKeen edged
HONEDWorked on a dirk
HONEDSharp
HONEDGave a knife new life
HONEDStropped
HONEDGround, in a way
HONEDImproved
HONEDPracticed
HONEDSharpened a skill
HONEDMade a point
HONEDReady for cutting
HONEDBettered, as skills
HONEDFine-tuned, as a razor
HONEDRefined as skills
HONEDMade sharp
HONEDPerfected as a skill
HONEDRefined, as skills
HONEDSharpened to a fine edge
HONEDPerfected, as a skill
HONEDSharpened, a la Sweeney Todd
HONEDSharp, presumably
HONEDImproved, in a way
HONEDMade more acute
HONEDImproved, as a skill
honedmake more acute, intense, or effective whet helped her hone her comic timing Patricia Bosworth
honedto sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
honedHONE, to sharpen (to make sharp (capable of cutting or piercing))
honedto sharpen to a fine edge
HONEDGot an edge on
HONEDPut an edge on
HONEDWhetted
HONEDPerfected
HONEDRefined
HONEDSharpened, as a knife
HONEDGave an edge to
HONEDPerfected, as skills
HONEDPut to the grindstone
HONEDTook a strop to
HONEDMade sharper
HONEDGave an edge