Reportedly everything a leather worker needs? (3)

I believe the answer is:

awl

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'a leather worker needs?' is the definition.
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'reportedly everything' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'everything' becomes 'all' (all things).
'all' is a homophone of 'AWL'.

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(Other definitions for awl that I've seen before include "Boring tool sounds comprehensive" , "One piercing" , "Pointed hand tool" , "Hole-making tool" , "Hole-boring tool" .)

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