Possible Clues:

• Tom is one of five on hand
• Background noise encountered in retro BT digital item
• Gardener's ''green'' item
• Stick out like a sore __
• Digit that enables grasping
• Big digit
• On hand, tiny Thomas is
• So as to get down, is the mole around an H?
• Not so much ease, by the sound of it, not being the owner
• What a handy little fellow!