| Clues across |
| 1 | Replaceable cutters for metal (7,6) |
| 8 | Mulberry tree with poisonous sap (4) |
| 9 | Declare (8) |
| 10 | Reduces the properties (8) |
| 11 | Needle-case (4) |
| 12 | Shrub of rhododendron family (6) |
| 15 | Woven cane (6) |
| 17 | Proficient (4) |
| 19 | Sets in motion (8) |
| 22 | Jungle choppers (8) |
| 23 | Ocean movement (4) |
| 24 | It may support shaft in headstock (6,7) |
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| Clues down |
| 2 | Orchard-tree (5) |
| 3 | Bird of prey (7) |
| 4 | Prize (5) |
| 5 | Popular type of tool for cutting bowl blanks etc (7) |
| 6 | Angle less than 90 degrees (5) |
| 7 | Keep out (7) |
| 13 | Striped exotic wood (7) |
| 14 | Coupling between two electrical systems (7) |
| 16 | Vibration of tool causing noise (7) |
| 18 | Base of common alcohol (5) |
| 20 | Flavour (5) |
| 21 | In the direction of the principal axis (3,2) |
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