Kitchen counter (7)
(Other definitions for worktop that I've seen before include "Kitchen unit surface" , "Surface in kitchen for preparation, etc" , "Surface on which to toil" , "Practical surface" , "E.g. kitchen surface" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">kitchen counter?</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for timer that I've seen before include "Clocklike device" , "One may have the minutes" , "Preset activator" , "one of 14 [CUCKOO CLOCKS]" , "Clock, say" .)