| Clues across |
| 1 | A table on a ship (6) |
| 5 | Guarantee to be like Cromwell, imprisoning leader of anti-Parliamentarians found in Navy (8) |
| 9 | Tree surgeon, grabbing owl about to fly off, goes along with you (6-9) |
| 10 | Boris, confused, is trapped by American with a heavenly drink (8) |
| 11 | German songs are top of the pops, we hear (6) |
| 12 | Church workers intone these (6) |
| 15 | Melody-weaver? We’re told it’s handed on (8) |
| 16 | Bird is bright red before beginning of October (8) |
| 19 | Half of garden seen around the harvest (6) |
| 21 | A trap’s set wrongly in Greek city (6) |
| 22 | Tree and vessel put in tatty album (8) |
| 25 | Dizzy state of the feather-brained? (15) |
| 26 | Made a hash of deep sums (6,2) |
| 27 | Girl-friend from Kent? (Calm down!) (6) |
