| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | STEP INTO | |
| Unexpectedly enter remodelled set with horse (4,4) | Anagram of SET + PINTO | |
| 5 | CLOSER | |
| Cold person who doesn’t succeed should be more intimate (6) | C + LOSER | |
| 9 | ON THE DANGER LIST | |
| One in Netherlands got treated not very well (2,3,6,4) | I inside anagram of NETHERLANDS GOT | |
| 11 | TERMINATOR | |
| Call in a degenerate about killer (10) | TERM + IN + A + (ROT reversed) | |
| 12 | FLUE | |
| Smoker rushed through speech (4) | Sounds like FLEW | |
| 13 | PUSHED | |
| Backed up in front of storage unit in a hurry (6) | UP reversed + SHED | |
| 15 | DECLINED | |
| Deed covering vacated council home is rejected? (8) | DEED outside [C(ounci)L + IN] | |
| 18 | SWAN SONG | |
| AFL team dealing with grand final appearance (4,4) | SWANS + ON + G | |
| 19 | LAPSES | |
| Page discovered in forged sales slips (6) | P inside anagram of SALES | |
| 22 | LEER | |
| Bless rebel returning stare? (4) | (REBEL minus B) reversed | |
| 23 | FAIR-SPOKEN | |
| Smooth-tongued writer accepting endorsement after shows (4-6) | (PEN outside OK) after FAIRS | |
| 26 | COMPUTER SCIENCE | |
| IT company put in representation of crime scene? (8,7) | CO + (PUT inside anagram of CRIME SCENE) | |
| 27 | TANGLE | |
| Time to fish for catch (6) | T + ANGLE | |
| 28 | INITIALS | |
| Endorses new design of sail after taking part (8) | Anagram of SAIL after IN IT | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SHOOT UP | |
| Sheep, after frightening cry, jump (5,2) | TUP after SHOO | |
| 2 | ENTER | |
| Tenant stripped of initial right to take possession (5) | (r)ENTER | |
| 3 | ITEMISERS | |
| They list it alongside drug people that are mean (9) | IT + E + MISERS | |
| 4 | TO A MAN | |
| Development of anatomy almost without exception (2,1,3) | Anagram of (ANATOM)y | |
| 6 | LURE | |
| Participants in Aussie Rules returned inducement (4) | aussiE RULes reversed | |
| 7 | SKI-PLANES | |
| Snow vehicles avoid transport routes (3-6) | SKIP + LANES | |
| 8 | RETREAD | |
| Go through book about pruned tree’s recycled material (7) | READ outside (TRE)e | |
| 10 | GLOWER | |
| Shiner’s black look? (6) | Double Definition | |
| 14 | STATESMAN | |
| Respected political leader recollected names after the fact (9) | Anagram of NAMES after STAT | |
| 16 | LEAD PAINT | |
| Manage glass containing a former colouring agent (4,5) | LEAD + (PINT outside A) | |
| 17 | ON SALE | |
| Son ordered alcohol going cheap (2,4) | Anagram of SON + ALE | |
| 18 | SOLICIT | |
| Son shortened lawful proposition (7) | SO(n) + LICIT | |
| 20 | SUNLESS | |
| Head to seaside except when cloudy (7) | (S)easide + UNLESS | |
| 21 | ARISEN | |
| Transmission of car is entirely developed? (6) | cAR IS ENtirely | |
| 24 | KENYA | |
| Pole entering important capital of Asian country (5) | N inside KEY + (A)sian | |
| 25 | BURL. | |
| Try bank’s primary internet location (4) | (B)ank + URL |
