The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CARPENTRY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result CARPENTRY
- Find fault with door woodworking
- Better access securing backing for woodworker’s craft
- Vehicle access skirting front of posh woodwork
- Find fault with door’s woodwork
- Knock on a door, perhaps, or the woodwork?
- Complain before coming in to get building work
- Trade in a chippy?
- Trapped in lift, requires specialist skills
- Find fault with record in woodworking
- Complain about errors at top of ninth; attempt trade for Joseph
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What does CARPENTRY mean?
CARPENTRY noun- The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.
- A carpenter's workshop.