Answer:

honed

Answer	Crossword Clue
HONED	Sharpened
HONED	Put an edge on
HONED	Whetted

HONED	Perfected
HONED	Refined
HONED	Sharpened, as a knife
HONED	Gave an edge to
HONED	Perfected, as skills
HONED	Put to the grindstone
HONED	Took a strop to
HONED	Made sharper

HONED	Gave an edge
HONED	Prepared for a shave
HONED	Perfected, as a craft
HONED	Got an edge on
HONED	Improved an edge
HONED	Improved, as skills
HONED	Used a strop
HONED	Made more effective

HONED	Fine-tuned
HONED	Got an edge on.
HONED	Whetted.
HONED	Sharpened.
HONED	Made keen.
HONED	Used a whetstone
HONED	Edged
HONED	Made keen

HONED	Used an oilstone
HONED	Made sharp
HONED	Worked on a dirk
HONED	Sharp
HONED	Gave a knife new life
HONED	Stropped
HONED	Ground, in a way
HONED	Improved

HONED	Practiced
HONED	Sharpened a skill
HONED	Made a point
HONED	Ready for cutting
HONED	Bettered, as skills

Crossword

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