| Clues across |
| 9 | Useful African wood (5) |
| 10 | Meant dial to be turned in layers (9) |
| 11 | Journalist observed metal-cutter (7) |
| 12 | Let rest, maybe, or support (7) |
| 13 | Lucid, the French in car (5) |
| 14 | Jeweller’s implements, possibly, used by turner (4,5) |
| 17 | Stickiness found in harness-room (4) |
| 19 | Sequence of notes made flat (5) |
| 20 | Man, perhaps, in midst of sea (4) |
| 23 | Give steering control to turner on lathe (9) |
| 24 | Mistake seen in bowl which emperor revered (reverse-turned) (5) |
| 26 | Deprived of food, looked fixedly, holding first of victuals (7) |
| 28 | Splits, but adheres (7) |
| 30 | Dilapidated plane in crazy spin may need these for minor repairs (5,4) |
| 31 | It revolves both forwards and backwards (5) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Plain bearing small tree (4) |
| 2 | Endless line running round London? (6) |
| 3 | Size up a stately dance (7) |
| 4 | Wolf turns back on Queen, standing on Eva’s broken ornament (6,4) |
| 5 | Give out "Turn back time" (4) |
| 6 | Is stern, shaking out loose advertising material in newspaper (7) |
| 7 | Positions soldiers where trains stop (8) |
| 8 | Sums up, we’re told, an ancient woodworking tool (4) |
| 13 | Domestic animal on top of church needs you to do this if it falls off (5) |
| 15 | Want the French receptacle? Here’s a small turned box (6-4) |
| 16 | This type of scraping could startle hares (5) |
| 18 | Holds tin can so, perhaps (8) |
| 21 | Slews, turning up about four? Slews, anyway! (7) |
| 22 | Changes course around the north-east, needing thin slices (7) |
| 25 | Strive unsuccessfully to produce fasteners (6) |
| 26 | Dopes from tree-juices (4) |
| 27 | Weak chap is dead, with epitaph (4) |
| 29 | We hear you are in the south-east – that’s certain (4) |
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