| Clues across |
| 1 | Spring flower? Not right – it’s a kind of wood! (5) |
| 4 | Abe and Walter turn out treen (9) |
| 9 | Ink in blustery gale – what’s the connection? (7) |
| 10 | Old man wearing crumpled plaid gets certificate of merit (7) |
| 11 | Fence fort badly? That’s eccentric! (3,6) |
| 12 | Approaches organ in two directions (5) |
| 13 | Clamp – and make a mess of it (5,2) |
| 15 | Spots soldier returning inside for taps (7) |
| 17 | Provider of good wood for turning – yet we’re confused! (3,4) |
| 20 | Finish work around broken gun (4,3) |
| 22 | Has an edge – but it’s not natural (5) |
| 23 | Even verger, missing start of vespers, could be always fresh (9) |
| 25 | He doesn’t use sandpaper for rubbing down (7) |
| 26 | Lift up and leave mixed-up note(7) |
| 27 | Top salesman, with energy, returns shaker (6-3) |
| 28 | Encounters stalk bent back around east (5) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Without feeling – due to thick skin? (9) |
| 2 | Tree found in pantechnicon I ferried to France (7) |
| 3 | Quiet! Primate’s in form! (5) |
| 4 | Work on Peter to place Christmas fairy here (4-3) |
| 5 | Do these turners take no pride in their work? (7) |
| 6 | Sort of chuck, made with former vessels covering charged particle (9) |
| 7 | Tropical 23 of laurel family, bearing pears (7) |
| 8 | Tests maximum in south-east on the way up (5) |
| 14 | Expend energy on bit found in lathe (9) |
| 16 | Stuck with these? Press lint around! (9) |
| 18 | Finishes off and keeps warm (5,2) |
| 19 | If you wore your visor, you wouldn’t need this medication (3-4) |
| 20 | At that place – tumbledown theatre? (7) |
| 21 | Carry out surgery and end musical work with high note (7) |
| 22 | Recapitulate and find total (3,2) |
| 24 | Mangle – not new, somewhat battered – produces shine (5) |
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