| NUMBERTWO | Vice-captain won't worry about Wood not starting (6,3) |
| LEAPYEARS | Times of scarcity won't worry Mr Sprat (4,5) |
| JASON | "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" singer Mraz |
| REMEDY | Jason Mraz's "The ___ (I Won't Worry)" |
| TEAKETTLE | Something with element of wood, not of earth, let out |
| TOOTHPICK | Narrow piece of wood not narrow enough, first of planks brought in (9) |
| VOGES | Named Australia's vice captain for Bangladesh trip (5) |
| DAVID | Australian cricket vice-captain who admitted ball-tampering in 2018 (5,6) |
| WARNER | Australian cricket vice-captain who admitted ball-tampering in 2018 (5,6) |
| TIMSOUTHEE | Kane Williamson's Test vice-captain (3,7) |
| MILNER | James_, England footballer who's the vice captain of Liverpool FC (6) |
| GRACE | Indian women's hockey team vice-captain, Deep ... Ekka. (5) |
| ROBERTS | Samantha ___, Vice Captain of Welsh Ladies Carp Team (7) |
| NAIQAMA | Wes ....... , centre; Fiji 2013 Rugby League World Cup vice captain (7) |
| HOSE | Who is the vice-captain of Worcestershire for the T20 Blast? (4) |
| BONFIRE | Something funny, perhaps, about wood - so put it on here? (7) |
| WILDFIRE | Writer about wood and forest hazard (8) |
| AFIRE | A point about wood for burning (5) |
| WASHIN | Aeronautical term to pick up about wood (4-2) |
| XHOSA | African cross about wood having a hole in it (5) |
