Projecting piece of wood (5)

I believe the answer is:

tenon

(Other definitions for tenon that I've seen before include "Mortise extension" , "Mortise insert" , "Projection (joins with mortise)" , "joiner" , "piece of carpentry?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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