| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DISADVANTAGES | |
| Wrongly advised against giving up one’s weak points (13) | Anagram of ADVISED AGAINST minus I | |
| 9 | STARTED | |
| Prominent detective turned set off (7) | STAR + (DET reversed) | |
| 10 | ALL-TIME | |
| Outstanding lieutenant revealed in decoded email (3-4) | LT inside anagram of EMAIL | |
| 11 | RULED | |
| Ordered rum mostly went first (5) | (RU)m + LED | |
| 12 | CAESAREAN | |
| Care about sea receding before an operational manoeuvre to effect delivery (9) | CARE outside (SEA reversed) + AN | |
| 13 | SKILLETS | |
| Cooking equipment butcher collected in sets (8) | KILL inside SETS | |
| 15 | BIG TOE | |
| I got flustered making an appearance in live digital projection (3,3) | Anagram of I GOT inside BE | |
| 18 | TREATY | |
| Formal agreement to address hunger secured by judge (6) | EAT inside TRY | |
| 19 | FIRE DOOR | |
| One red circle used inside for emergency exit (4,4) | (I + RED + O) inside FOR | |
| 22 | ENCOURAGE | |
| Comfort innocent cousin consumed by anger? (9) | (COUSIN minus SIN) inside ENRAGE | |
| 24 | SAPID | |
| Savoury guacamole, say, when offered around (5) | (DIP + AS) reversed | |
| 25 | ORDINAL | |
| Vocal about start of doxology in service-book (7) | ORAL outside [(D)oxology + IN] | |
| 26 | PLACATE | |
| Appease a leader from Turkey entering venue (7) | [A + (T)urkey] inside PLACE | |
| 27 | REARRANGEMENT. | |
| Rear troops in service of Australia get new order (13) | REAR + [MEN inside (RAN + GET)] . | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DESERTS | |
| Rewards regions with low growth potential (7) | Double Definition | |
| 2 | SNAIL-LIKE | |
| Sick one in wind is very slow (5-4) | (ILL + I) inside SNAKE | |
| 3 | DATED | |
| Square is late getting up, taking time (5) | DEAD reversed outside T | |
| 4 | AUDACITY | |
| Daring US lawyer found in gold centre where a lot of business is done (8) | DA inside (AU + CITY) | |
| 5 | TRAVEL | |
| Become confused after time touring (6) | RAVEL after T | |
| 6 | GALVANISE | |
| Van is engulfed by strong wind and fire (9) | (VAN + IS) inside GALE | |
| 7 | SHIRE | |
| Staffer’s first to take on an administrative area (5) | (S)taffer + HIRE | |
| 8 | MEANIE | |
| Malicious person that is finishing off design (6) | IE after MEAN | |
| 14 | LITHUANIA | |
| Unfinished hut found in unsettled Italian part of Europe (9) | HU(t) inside anagram of ITALIAN | |
| 16 | TOOK PLACE | |
| Happened to approve soft ornamental fabric (4,5) | TO + OK + P + LACE | |
| 17 | FINE-SPUN | |
| Diversion around home, especially, is not practical (4-4) | FUN outside (IN + ESP) | |
| 18 | THE DON | |
| Great Aussie batsman – he had one hundred runs in boundaries (3,3) | HED inside TON | |
| 20 | RED MEAT | |
| Drunk dreamt about English beef, for example (3,4) | Anagram of DREAMT outside E | |
| 21 | PALLOR | |
| Lack of colour everybody spotted in reduced port (6) | ALL inside POR(t) | |
| 23 | CIDER | |
| Wine, one knocked back after cold drink (5) | (RED + I) reversed after C | |
| 24 | SPACE | |
| Special serve that wins play (5) | SP + ACE |
