| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CHALET | |
| Short fellow rented small house (6) | (CHA)p + LET | |
| 5 | BUCKLED | |
| Stag once showed the way and collapsed (7) | BUCK + LED | |
| 9 | VIRTUAL REALITY | |
| A rival utterly upset about one computer-simulated environment (7,7) | Anagram of A RIVAL UTTERLY outside I | |
| 11 | ON STRIKE | |
| Facing out (2,6) | Double Definition | |
| 12 | STIGMA | |
| Spot a sportscar – it’s reversing (6) | (A + MG + ITS) reversed | |
| 14 | GROWN | |
| Big sigh that’s audible (5) | Sounds like GROAN | |
| 15 | VELODROME | |
| Loved revamped Italian city’s Olympic venue (9) | Anagram of LOVED + ROME | |
| 17 | CLEARANCE | |
| Head of corporation organised a cleaner’s authorisation (9) | (C)orporation + anagram of A CLEANER | |
| 19 | SOBER | |
| Employees of sincere boss returned clear-headed? (5) | sinceRE BOSs reversed | |
| 21 | ASSIST | |
| Stubborn one is last to accept benefit (6) | ASS + IS + accep(T) | |
| 23 | NOTABLES | |
| Sign put out by a full restaurant, say, for celebrities (8) | NO TABLES | |
| 25 | LEAVE WELL ALONE | |
| Don’t change spring, a large one, after break (5,4,5) | (WELL + A + L + ONE) after LEAVE | |
| 26 | SWEETEN | |
| Sugar bags sent back with little inside (7) | NETS reversed outside WEE | |
| 27 | ROTTEN | |
| Corrupt attorney losing case somehow? (6) | Anagram of (a)TTORNE(y) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | HAILSTONE | |
| Very cold skydiver welcomes one finishing time (9) | HAILS + (ONE after T) | |
| 3 | LATER ON | |
| One not supported by misguided relation in time (5,2) | Anagram of RELAT(i)ON | |
| 4 | TRACK EVENT | |
| Racket developed before opening running competition (5,5) | Anagram of RACKET + VENT | |
| 5 | BARN | |
| Restrict opening of nice farm building (4) | BAR + (N) | |
| 6 | CRAFTED | |
| Skilfully-made bow of canoe glided over water (7) | (C)anoe + RAFTED | |
| 7 | LYING | |
| Dishonesty only in Government’s division (5) | onLY IN Government | |
| 8 | DAY CARE | |
| Nanny, finally entering arcade, arranged supervision for children (3,4) | nann(Y) inside anagram of ARCADE | |
| 10 | SONG | |
| Succession of notes on gramophone? (4) | noteS ON Gramophone | |
| 13 | BLUE-COLLAR | |
| Working-class nightclub ultimately varied local rule (4-6) | nightclu(B) + anagram of LOCAL RULE | |
| 16 | ON BALANCE | |
| Cooked lean bacon and all things considered (2,7) | Anagram of LEAN BACON | |
| 17 | CHABLIS | |
| White wine, two types of cheese, and blended basil (7) | (CH)eese + anagram of BASIL | |
| 18 | RESPECT | |
| Consideration, especially, established in record time (7) | ESP inside (REC + T) | |
| 19 | SHALLOT | |
| Slug consuming every bit of salad vegetable (7) | SHOT outside ALL | |
| 20 | RISE | |
| Extra money reissued unevenly (4) | (R)e(I)s(S)u(E)d | |
| 22 | SHADE | |
| Relative darkness experienced in middle of desert (5) | HAD inside de(SE)rt | |
| 24 | FERN | |
| Growth of bracken is restricted in low marshy land (4) | R inside FEN |
