A Chip Off The Old Block Closing 22 May

[Leecon]

Help please!
All types of tree, woodworking, trades etc.
Just three to go and two haven't been asked so I must be missing something? :o(

15. Swindle!
18. Soft and limp - seen as 'plank' but I dont get the connection :o(
35. Historic Antecedents

Thank you :o)

[Captain2]

18 Soft in music = P + LANK = limp

[Captain2]

35 Family tree

[elliemay1]

18 p meaning soft + lank meaning limp

[Captain2]

15 Shady deal? (Deal being a type of wood)

[elliemay1]

15 racket?
//Racket(noun) a thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched.//

[Leecon]

Oh no, Thank you Captain and Ellie, sooo easy when you see the answers :o)

Just q15 to go now... ...

[Leecon]

Sorry Captain, forgot to say swindle was (6)
Thank you Elliemay, racket sounds good. I did think of that but could only think of a tennis racket!!!
Thank you again both of you :o)

[Mamyalynne]

Clue for 15

A tool you may use with a hammer.

[Captain2]

Aye, always nice to give letter counts if you have them. :))

[Leecon]

Mamya - am I being really thick today? I can only think of a mallet but that doesn't fit the clue :o(

[Mamyalynne]

A tool a carpenter would use 'with' a hammer.

[cashier]

Begins with c

[Leecon]

Oh thank you Mamya, I've got it now. I had never heard the expression in connection with money though. You learn something every day :o)

[Mamyalynne]

Glad you got there.