| GOODBYEMRCHIPS | The carpenter is leaving a book |
| KELP | The sheepdog that is leaving a type of seaweed (4) |
| NUANCE | Pest is leaving a subtle difference (6) |
| ABSTAINING | Not voting for rating, is leaving a bad mark (10) |
| SHAKESPEARE | Writer of a comedy featuring Bottom the weaver, Flute the bellows-mender, Quince the carpenter, Snout the tinker, Snug the joiner and Starveling the tailor, who perform the play-within-the-play (11) |
| ABOARD | What the ship's carpenter is working on where? (6) |
| JOINER | The skilled carpenter is retraining Erin and Jo (6) |
| CHIPPY | A carpenter is known as one |
| BUSY | Sabrina Carpenter is a "_ Woman" |
| CARROLL | Lewis -; pen name of the author whose Through the Looking-Glass includes the verses Jabberwocky and The Walrus and the Carpenter (7) |
| HITTINGTHENAILONTHEHEAD | Getting things exactly right, as skilful carpenter is? |
| PLANEABOARD | Carpenter is wanted to .../ Experience needed: flying |
| FELLOWS | Speed Daal chef Stu Carpenter is played by Bill _ (7) |
| ENTER | Carpenter is to go in without fish |
| DADO | Beyond a doubt, what's inside is the work of the carpenter (4) |
| AXMINSTER | & 25. Marked choice checked by confused carpenter - is mat flooring? (9,6) |
| CARPET | & 10. Marked choice checked by confused carpenter - is mat flooring? (9,6) |
| ADAM | Forename of the carpenter in a novel described as "full of the breath of cows and scent of hay" by its author George Eliot (4) |
| BORING | Like the unsatisfied tailor in the 7D clue, the carpenter refused to drill holes because it was ___ |
| NAILHEAD | As hit by the carpenter reaching the right conclusion? (8) |
