10. Find first place for useless articles stowed away for this one (7)
14. She spent much of her time smoothing things over (7 4)
24. He had to have his wits about when in the prescence of royalty (5 6)
10. FIND (the) FIRST LETTER (of) OF "Place"
then add a word that means "useless articles that are stowed away"the word you want is also a word that means trees that have been cut down, by a " same word-Jack").
Put the two together to get the occupation of a man who may fix your taps.