| PLANED | Went by air, perhaps, as the carpenter did? (6) |
| TIRADE | Hot air, perhaps, as a line in business (6) |
| MADEIRA | Island arrived at by air, perhaps (7) |
| RAIDS | By air, perhaps, on part of Maidstone? (5) |
| TURNEDTHECORNER | What the carpenter did perhaps drove one around the bend (6,3,6) |
| WAFTED | Went by air? |
| WALRUS | The ____ and the Carpenter, narrative poem by Lewis Carroll first published in 1871 (6) |
| DRIVER | One propeller after another used by the carpenter (5,6) |
| OYSTER | Funny story about English native enjoyed by the carpenter? (6) |
| BORING | Like the unsatisfied tailor in the 7D clue, the carpenter refused to drill holes because it was ___ |
| CHIPPY | Where the carpenter can get a quick meal (6) |
| ABOARD | Up in the air, perhaps |
| TAKESA | Comes up for air perhaps? (5,1,8) |
| SMOGGY | Like urban air, perhaps |
| 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) |
| SWINEFLU | Scoundrel went by air reportedly and got the disease (5,3) |
| OUTSHINING | Eclipsing "night sun" Io, perhaps, as the "day sun" may be? (10) |
| WAIST | Saw it perhaps as the place for a belt (5) |
| FILTHIEST | Shift tile perhaps as the most disgusting I have seen (9) |
| PEACEOFFERING | Reopen Fig Cafe perhaps as the Olive Branch? (5,8) |
