| ASAPH | Keeper of the king's forest who was ordered by Artaxerxes to supply Nehemiah with timber (5) |
| MATERA | Pablo - - - , Pumas back-row who was ordered to undergo anti-discrimination training (6) |
| ERLKING | Malevolent goblin of the Black Forest, who lures children to destruction (7) |
| SAWED | Cut was ordered by editor (5) |
| ORAPE | orange; tree or large shrub in the mulberry and fig family with timber formerly used to make bows (5 |
| HAWSE | He was ordered to get a place in the bows (5) |
| SOAKS | Ship loaded with timber takes in water (5) |
| IDEAL | One with timber that's perfect (5) |
| SPARE | Extra spear was ordered (5) |
| TOBIT | Book typically placed between Nehemiah and Judith in the Catholic Bible (5) |
| ANGER | With 26-Across: 2003 Adam Sandler comedy, and the kind of class 12-Across was ordered by a judge to attend after the 2022 paparazzi incident |
| AUTODAFE | Car - Dutch car with Spanish plate - that was ordered by the Inquisition |
| NEHEMIAH | A book of the Old Testament recounting the acts of a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes, King of Persia (8) |
| SWATTER | Bug-killer was ordered by head of the territory (7) |
| BOATSWAIN | No bait was ordered by the warrant officer |
| ONETIME | The former, I note, was ordered by me (3-4) |
| EZRA | Which Hebrew priest and scribe led a group of exiles from the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes? (4) |
| ELMS | With timber used to build parts of Henry VIII's ship Mary Rose, trees in the genus Ulmus, depicted in landscapes by John Constable (4) |
| WALNUT | With timber traditionally used for cabinetry and gunstocks, a tree in the genus Juglans with kernels eaten pickled with goat's cheese or stirred into classic coffee or carrot cakes (6) |
| SWAG | Was ordered to take the key and the booty (4) |
