| Clues across |
| 1 | Wood from panjandrum’s forest (5) |
| 4 | Perceived dashing young men in cutters (9) |
| 9 | Criticise pain – in style (7) |
| 10 | Geometric figure described by commanding officer returning with label (7) |
| 11 | Managing, and was returning cutter (6-3) |
| 12 | Second instrument isn’t flat! (5) |
| 13 | Confused rats be running round Rome – they can help with weather forecasting! (10) |
| 15 | River, quiet, may run like this (4) |
| 17 | Strip of wood produced by turning machine with no tailstock (4) |
| 19 | “What,” we hear, “has replaced this?” (10) |
| 22 | Armada, losing leader, is wrecked – serious situation (5) |
| 23 | Twenty-four hours ago, used the old broken steady to grip rods, initially (9) |
| 26 | Deduce number in fierce blaze (7) |
| 27 | Stone Age artefact depicting the lion, maybe? (7) |
| 28 | Oddball not running true (9) |
| 29 | How to lie hidden and tell hound to disappear (5) |