| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BUS TRIPS | |
| Tourist drives and cuts after break (3,5) | RIPS after BUST | |
| 5 | ACIDIC | |
| Sharp one played twice in Australian rock band (6) | (I, I) inside ACDC | |
| 10 | LIARS | |
| Fabricators use a boat to travel back across river (5) | SAIL reversed outside R | |
| 11 | ROAD TRAIN | |
| Long-haul vehicle busted radiator close to Darwin (4,5) | Anagram of RADIATOR + darwi(N) | |
| 12 | AFTERWARDS | |
| Fine received by trader was adjusted at a later date (10) | F inside anagram of TRADER WAS | |
| 13 | SHOT | |
| Onset of suffering eased by powerful injection (4) | (S)uffering + HOT | |
| 15 | BODIES | |
| People disappear with boss mostly hanging around (6) | DIE inside (BOS)s | |
| 16 | TAMARIN | |
| Monkey pruned tangy fruit tree (7) | TAMARIN(d) | |
| 19 | WITNESS | |
| Is outside broadcast rewound following woman’s initial testimony? (7) | [IS outside (SENT reversed)] after (W)oman | |
| 21 | BY-LINE | |
| Journalist’s final piece is so long, holding nothing back (2-4) | BYE outside (NIL reversed) | |
| 23 | LAND | |
| 50+ acres? (4) | L + AND | |
| 25 | COLLECTION | |
| Company and IT unit recalled working group (10) | CO + (IT + CELL) reversed + ON | |
| 27 | INDOLENCE | |
| Popular benefit once given after initial laziness (9) | IN + DOLE + (o)NCE | |
| 28 | TRIPE | |
| Stomach of shorthorn ready to be eaten? (5) | shor(T)horn + RIPE | |
| 29 | GARDEN | |
| A road cut through general area used for cultivation (6) | (A + RD) inside GEN | |
| 30 | DEADENED | |
| A study in legal documentation may be toned down (8) | (A + DEN) inside DEED | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BALLAD | |
| Everyone sitting tight during rotten song (6) | ALL inside BAD | |
| 2 | STARTS OUT | |
| A university degree in beer begins (6,3) | ARTS in STOUT | |
| 3 | RESTRAINED | |
| Calm reserve prepared for action (10) | RES + TRAINED | |
| 4 | PERHAPS | |
| Page ending with unusual phrase, possibly (7) | P + anagram of PHRASE | |
| 6 | CITY | |
| User, not detained by security, disrupted a popular spot (4) | Anagram of SECURITY minus USER | |
| 7 | DEATH | |
| Departure date changed by hospital (5) | Anagram of DATE + H | |
| 8 | CONSTANT | |
| Clip from Intergalactic, on Stan, that’s not changing (8) | intergalactiC ON STAN That | |
| 9 | BANDIT | |
| Thief by the way in possession of piece (6) | AND inside BIT | |
| 14 | IMPLICATED | |
| Under suspicion, one government representative lied about criminal act (10) | (I + MP + LIED) outside anagram of ACT | |
| 17 | RENDITION | |
| Construction – finish it in wrought iron (9) | (END + IT) inside anagram of IRON | |
| 18 | DWELLING | |
| Digs section of uncovered well in garden (8) | uncovereD WELL IN Garden | |
| 20 | SPOONS | |
| Consumers employ these youngsters outside post office (6) | SONS outside PO | |
| 21 | BELIEVE | |
| Busy person, possessed by evil, butchered judge (7) | BEE outside anagram of EVIL | |
| 22 | INDEED | |
| One broadcast ended positively (6) | I + anagram of ENDED | |
| 24 | NADIR | |
| Bout of depression, a dire low point? (5) | depressioN A DIRe | |
| 26 | FLEE | |
| Leave leader of Labor in charge (4) | (L)abor inside FEE |
