| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BUSTLE | |
| Hurried activity fixed underwear worn by old lady (6) | Double Definition | |
| 4 | PROPOSED | |
| Recommended footballer does broadcast (8) | PROP + anagram of DOES | |
| 9 | FOUNDATION STONE | |
| Building block discovered by station implicated individual (10,5) | FOUND + anagram of STATION + ONE | |
| 11 | EXEGESIS | |
| Interpretation of the Bible is behind old friends hugging, for example (8) | IS after (EXES outside EG) | |
| 12 | SETTEE | |
| Lounge suite – it’s used by clubber? (6) | SET + TEE | |
| 13 | SAIL | |
| Announcement of marketing cruise (4) | Sounds like SALE | |
| 14 | SPOTLIGHTS | |
| Skin problem on the fringes of delicate features (10) | SPOTS outside LIGHT | |
| 18 | RADIOGRAPH | |
| A horrid gap spoiled x-ray image (10) | Anagram of A HORRID GAP | |
| 19 | PRIG | |
| Head off from shoot with moralistic person (4) | (s)PRIG | |
| 22 | BROLGA | |
| Crane shifted gold bar, dropping down initially (6) | Anagram of GOLD BAR minus (D)own | |
| 24 | OPEN DOOR | |
| Ring in a sorry state about finale’s free admission (4,4) | (O + POOR) outside END | |
| 26 | INSTRUMENTALIST | |
| Musician’s mate turns in broken record (15) | Anagram of MATE TURNS IN + LIST | |
| 27 | DISCLOSE | |
| Is chlorine included in ingredients of medicine for show? (8) | (IS + CL) inside DOSE | |
| 28 | VEGANS | |
| Vehicles carrying, say, particular consumers (6) | VANS outside EG | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BUFFERS | |
| They polish shock absorbers (7) | Double Definition | |
| 2 | STUPEFIED | |
| Confounded feed is put all over the place (9) | Anagram of FEED IS PUT | |
| 3 | LADDER | |
| Young man, flushed, turned around to run (6) | LAD + (RED reversed) | |
| 5 | ROOM | |
| Secure elevated part of a building (4) | MOOR reversed | |
| 6 | PASSED IN | |
| Old-fashioned racket is not sold at auction (6,2) | PASSE + DIN | |
| 7 | SHOUT | |
| Round in bar? (5) | O inside SHUT | |
| 8 | DIESELS | |
| Engines worked less south of pass (7) | Anagram of LESS after DIE | |
| 10 | TRIPPER | |
| Judge holding in custody very quiet drug user (7) | TRIER outside PP | |
| 15 | TOPSPIN | |
| Zampa might use this backward position in front of leg (7) | SPOT reversed + PIN | |
| 16 | HARMONICA | |
| Lay a finger on a coin forged with instrument (9) | HARM + anagram of A COIN | |
| 17 | DOGGEREL | |
| Complete set containing German verse (8) | DO + (GEL outside GER) | |
| 18 | REBUILD | |
| Restore custom-made bridle including nut in the middle (7) | Anagram of BRIDLE outside n(U)t | |
| 20 | GYRATES | |
| Heartless guy judges pirouettes? (7) | G(u)Y + RATES | |
| 21 | ENGAGE | |
| Take on disorderly gang in middle of speech (6) | Anagram of GANG inside sp(EE)ch | |
| 23 | OASIS | |
| Love a relative’s flower arranging stuff (5) | O + A + SIS | |
| 25 | XMAS | |
| Crazy Mexicans giving up nice holiday (4) | Anagram of MEXICANS minus NICE |
