| Clues across |
| 7 | Exhibition (in short) of ‘how to do it’ (4) |
| 8 | Wax from plant leaves (8) |
| 9 | Line of planking in a ship’s hull (6) |
| 10 | Container for lubricant (6) |
| 11 | Hydrocarbon C2H4(8) |
| 14 | Smallest branch (4) |
| 15 | Leave out (4) |
| 17 | Buffed (8) |
| 19 | Mediterranean island (6) |
| 20 | Garden tree (6) |
| 22 | Vegetable ivory (5,3) |
| 23 | Crude boring tools (4) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | It runs over the pulleys (4) |
| 2 | Going round (6) |
| 3 | Square-cut thread (4) |
| 4 | Pertaining to trees (8) |
| 5 | Striking tool (6) |
| 6 | Rough (8) |
| 12 | Lever for use with box-spanner (8) |
| 13 | Leaving unprotected (8) |
| 16 | Twisting force (6) |
| 18 | Australian wood (3-3) |
| 20 | Divides with a blade (4) |
| 21 | Graduated measure (4) |
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