Crossword No 10

           
               
            10             
               
11                  12         
           
13            14        15       
        16   
17    18    19              20     
    21       
22          23    24            25 
               
26              27             
               
28                  29         

Clues across
1Wood from panjandrum’s forest (5)
4Perceived dashing young men in cutters (9)
9Criticise pain – in style (7)
10Geometric figure described by commanding officer returning with label (7)
11Managing, and was returning cutter (6-3)
12Second instrument isn’t flat! (5)
13Confused rats be running round Rome – they can help with weather forecasting! (10)
15River, quiet, may run like this (4)
17Strip of wood produced by turning machine with no tailstock (4)
19“What,” we hear, “has replaced this?” (10)
22Armada, losing leader, is wrecked – serious situation (5)
23Twenty-four hours ago, used the old broken steady to grip rods, initially (9)
26Deduce number in fierce blaze (7)
27Stone Age artefact depicting the lion, maybe? (7)
28Oddball not running true (9)
29How to lie hidden and tell hound to disappear (5)
Clues down
1Savoury jelly found in a spick-and-span kitchen (5)
2Evergreen shrub found in first three-quarters of June, not quite ripe (7)
3Catch with chisel (mean otherwise), and call it something else (8)
4Stops flow of supports for goblets (5)
5These could bore into timber with spiral gear-wheels (9)
6The French exam is really up-to-date (6)
7Drag awkwardly in river to reduce properties (7)
8Abrasive tabloid found on the beach? (9)
13Go at high speed and control car – this will transmit power (4-5)
14Scantling of timber – the answer’s eight! (3-2-4)
16Ship rode badly. Not easy to turn? (8)
18Nervous twitch envelops Air Force fellow seen in busy street (7)
20Packing and walking through water around first light of dawn (7)
21Unproductive, concerning hiding in barn (6)
24Appertaining to noise from penguins on ice floe (5)
25Lout overturns fodder on two spheres (5)

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