Possible Clues:

• Tool that improves dull points
• Staple in a grade school classroom
• Device to improve one's writing point
• It goes in circles but gets to the point
• On office desk you may find that perennials perch precariously
• Real chips cooked in pasta recipe? That makes a point
• Remedy for a writer missing the point
• Get hairy Anne her clippers and shaving device
• Device diminishing the writer?
• Writer's turned in this article to make a point