| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SUSPENDERS | |
| Shoppers, say, pinching American braces (10) | SPENDERS outside US | |
| 6 | MAUL | |
| Severely criticise new compilation of album lacking band’s original piece (4) | Anagram of ALBUM minus (B)and | |
| 10 | OVERALL | |
| Lover switched around a large blanket (7) | Anagram of LOVER + A + L | |
| 11 | LENDING | |
| Provision of funds is close to normal – close (7) | norma(L) + ENDING | |
| 12 | ASTRONOMY | |
| Science recreated moon in a small test (9) | Anagram of MOON inside (A + S + TRY) | |
| 13 | PEACE | |
| Work of art expressed tranquillity (5) | Sounds like PIECE | |
| 14 | APPEAR | |
| Develop software linked to listening device (6) | APP + EAR | |
| 16 | ANDROID | |
| Robot and staff moved around iodine (7) | (AND + ROD) outside I | |
| 17 | DIG | |
| Like it removed from finger, for example (3) | DIGIT minus IT | |
| 19 | FREEZER | |
| Appliance that keeps things cold for nothing? Almost nothing (7) | FREE + (ZER)o | |
| 20 | EARNER | |
| One who brings in new driver not keeping left (6) | LEARNER minus L | |
| 23 | REALM | |
| Field of study on charity mostly (5) | RE + (ALM)s | |
| 24 | OVERHEADS | |
| Hero saved mismanaged money needed to run a business (9) | Anagram of HERO SAVED | |
| 26 | MAILLOT | |
| Send parcel and tights (7) | MAIL + LOT | |
| 27 | TABLOID | |
| Betting agency with nothing appearing in top newspaper (7) | TAB + (O inside LID) | |
| 28 | SAGE | |
| Wise person to settle dispute just at the end (4) | SAG + disput(E) | |
| 29 | GEORGE BASS | |
| Explorer of Australia’s east, spotted in ravine through which a river may run deep (6,4) | E inside GORGE + BASS | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | STOWAWAY | |
| One seeking free trip to state in control (8) | (TO + WA) inside SWAY | |
| 2 | SPELT | |
| Wheat is smashed primarily by rain hard (5) | (S)mashed + PELT | |
| 3 | EVAPORATED MILK | |
| Joke ultimately improved a talk about processed dairy product (10,4) | jok(E) + anagram of IMPROVED A TALK | |
| 4 | DOLLOP | |
| Helping to complete returned survey (6) | DO + (POLL reversed) | |
| 5 | RALLYING | |
| Call about friend on the mend (8) | RING outside ALLY | |
| 7 | ANIMATION | |
| I’m in a country film with unreal characters (9) | IM inside (A + NATION) | |
| 8 | LEGGED | |
| Sporting members led around baby carrier (6) | LED outside (EGG) | |
| 9 | UNAPPROACHABLE | |
| Remote, rough sections of a popular beach, populated by nudists originally (14) | Anagram of A POPULAR BEACH outside (N)udists | |
| 15 | PARTAKING | |
| Sharing role played by a master (9) | PART + A + KING | |
| 16 | AIR | |
| Trade show lacking fine exhibit (3) | FAIR minus F | |
| 17 | DEPORTEE | |
| One sent overseas tied up golf location (8) | ROPED reversed + TEE | |
| 18 | CRUSADES | |
| Drives used cars all over the place (8) | Anagram of USED CARS | |
| 21 | DRAMAS | |
| A little bit of alcohol, for instance, works for actor (6) | DRAM + AS | |
| 22 | FETTER | |
| Hamper’s cheese of sound quality (6) | Sounds like FETA | |
| 25 | ALOHA | |
| A star of Irish Wish cut short island greeting (5) | A + (LOHA)n |
