Worries about saying cutting things (8)
I believe the answer is:
fretsaws
'cutting things' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'worries about saying' is the wordplay.
'worries' becomes 'frets' (fretting is a kind of worrying).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'saying' becomes 'saw' (saw is a kind of saying).
'frets' placed around 'saw' is 'FRETSAWS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fretsaws that I've seen before include "They cut curves" , "They're used to cut curved outlines" .)