| BALSA | Strong lightweight wood used for making model boats (5) |
| IDEAL | Setter's wood for making model (5) |
| DIORAMA | I love being involved in play, making model of the set |
| TEMPLATE | Casual worker delayed making model |
| BLOOD | Model boats moved across river in vital passage (11) |
| CANOE | Is able to remove odd bits from model boat (5) |
| BALSAWOOD | Very lightweight timber, from the tropical Ochroma lagopus tree, used chiefly for making models and rafts (5,4) |
| PLASTICINE | Clay-like material used by children for making models (10) |
| ASH | Wood used for making guitars |
| WILLOW | Tree with slender, pliant branches and wood used for making cricket bats (6) |
| ASSEGAI | A southern African tree with wood used for making spears. |
| TITANIUM | Metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (8) |
| CARBONFIBRE | Strong, lightweight polymer (6,5) |
| BLOODSTREAM | It circulates in vessels, moving model boats across river |
| KEVLAR | What strong lightweight material is used in the manufacture of racing bikes and bulletproof vests? (6) |
| AMBATCH | African tree with lightweight wood once used for rafts (7) |
| REGATTA | Great at model boat race-meeting (7) |
| NIGIRI | Sushi bite sometimes served on a model boat |
| KLIPPEL | Which sculptor, whose later works include Wooden Prototype for Adelaide Plaza (1988), part of the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, began his sculpture career making models of military |
| GOLDMEDALS | First prizes making models glad (4,6) |
