| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | HIPPODROME | |
| Fashionable school located next to Rome’s music hall (10) | HIP + POD + ROME | |
| 6 | LEWD | |
| Substance retrieved from contaminated well is blue (4) | contaminateD WELl reversed | |
| 10 | THEFT | |
| Stealing from the vacated flat? (5) | THE + F(at)T | |
| 11 | MESMERISE | |
| Viral phenomenon crossing small hill to entrance (9) | MEME outside S + RISE | |
| 12 | CHILEANS | |
| Greeting accepted by righteous leader of some South American people (8) | HI inside CLEAN + (S)ome | |
| 13 | MENACE | |
| Threaten people linked with big club, say (6) | MEN + ACE | |
| 15 | SHORTS | |
| Clothing orders filled by haberdasher primarily (6) | SORTS outside (H)aberdasher | |
| 16 | MEAT PIE | |
| Masterchef’s original cooked pate that is one of Australia’s favourite foods (4,3) | (M)asterchef + anagram of PATE + IE | |
| 18 | CAP | |
| Cover a quantity of drugs (3) | Double Definition | |
| 19 | PORTAGE | |
| Cost of shipping or time taken by attendant (7) | (OR + T) inside PAGE | |
| 21 | RAPPER | |
| One who knocks a modern musician (6) | Double Definition | |
| 24 | TICKLE | |
| Please mark off clues alternately (6) | TICK + c(L)u(E)s | |
| 25 | OVERCOAT | |
| Coax mostly sealed in plain protective layer (8) | (COA)x inside OVERT | |
| 27 | ENTANGLES | |
| Fish caught in assorted nets and traps (9) | ANGLE inside anagram of NETS | |
| 28 | ORIEL | |
| Back half of door that is connected to large bay window (5) | do(OR) + IE + L | |
| 29 | SEAM | |
| Marine heading to military joint (4) | SEA + (M)ilitary | |
| 30 | COURGETTES | |
| Get inside plaza with load of best vegetables? (10) | GET inside COURT + b(ES)t | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | HI-TECH | |
| Sophisticated drug nabbed in hold-up (2-4) | E inside HITCH | |
| 2 | PEEVISH | |
| Irritable writer not completely over treatment of hives (7) | PE(n) + anagram of HIVES | |
| 3 | ON THE BREADLINE | |
| Banned hotelier, going through adjustment, is just surviving (2,3,9) | Anagram of BANNED HOTELIER | |
| 4 | REMINISCED | |
| Last lot of nuclear medicines, manufactured wrongly, may be recalled (10) | nuclea(R) + anagram of MEDICINES | |
| 5 | MASS | |
| Large-scale celebration at church (4) | Double Definition | |
| 7 | EPICARP | |
| Piece of fruit pie cooked and served with fish (7) | Anagram of PIE + CARP | |
| 8 | DEEPENED | |
| Part of pool fencing close to house should be strengthened (8) | DEEP END outside hous(E) | |
| 9 | GENERAL-PURPOSE | |
| New design of regular pen put forward is very useful (7-7) | Anagram of REGULAR PEN + POSE | |
| 14 | IMPROVISER | |
| Inventive person is embraced by one getting better (10) | IS inside IMPROVER | |
| 17 | SPOTTERS | |
| Whale watchers, possibly, do very little on board vessel (8) | POTTER inside SS | |
| 20 | RICOTTA | |
| Slices of apricot tart and cheese (7) | apRICOT TArt | |
| 22 | EGOTIST | |
| Contracted one engaged by established show-off (7) | (GOT + I) inside EST | |
| 23 | STILLS | |
| Suppliers of alcohol not moving back to basics (6) | STILL + basic(S) | |
| 26 | ALTO | |
| High elements of dial tone (4) | diAL TOne |
