| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BATTLEDRESS | |
| Military uniform was first stored in club secured by lock (11) | LED inside (BAT + TRESS) | |
| 9 | UNCLEAN | |
| Relative, one in need of a wash (7) | UNCLE + AN | |
| 10 | SPATULA | |
| St Paul reworked second part of Galatians – it’s uplifting (7) | Anagram of ST PAUL + g(A)latians | |
| 11 | KEEP AT | |
| Finish innovative design of tape deck with no CD input (4,2) | Anagram of TAPE DECK minus CD | |
| 12 | SUPPLANT | |
| Replace excited leader of party consumed by bias (8) | [UP + (P)arty] inside SLANT | |
| 14 | TOOT | |
| Ring swallowed by small child – blast! (4) | O inside TOT | |
| 15 | POST-SEASON | |
| Advertise Marine Boy when regular play time is over? (4-6) | POST + SEA + SON | |
| 18 | DISCLOSING | |
| Record, unsuccessful, is revealing (10) | DISC + LOSING | |
| 19 | BABA | |
| Young child nearly finished off a small cake (4) | BAB(y) + A | |
| 22 | FLAGSHIP | |
| Drops in an item that stands out amongst the rest (8) | FLAGS + HIP | |
| 24 | PAPERS | |
| One who assists executive person not taking on media outlets (6) | PA + (PERSON minus ON) | |
| 26 | EVASION | |
| Deliver retired one in connection with deception (7) | SAVE reversed + I + ON | |
| 27 | LITHIUM | |
| Mood-stabilising drug transformed humility mostly (7) | Anagram of (HUMILIT)y | |
| 28 | MASTERPIECE | |
| Classic meat recipes given a new look (11) | Anagram of MEAT RECIPES | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BACHELORS | |
| Famous writer of music created roles for university students (9) | BACH + anagram of ROLES | |
| 2 | THE MAN | |
| Those people employed by an employer (3,3) | THEM + AN | |
| 3 | LANE | |
| Unrestricted aircraft regularly travelled route? (4) | p)LANE(s | |
| 4 | DISGUSTING | |
| Shameless nudist is strangely holding guinea pig’s tail (10) | Anagram of NUDIST IS outside G + pi(G) | |
| 5 | EXAMPLES | |
| Test planes not carrying an assortment of cases (8) | EXAM + (PLANES minus AN) | |
| 6 | SAUNA | |
| Aunt finished early in state room equipped with a steam bath (5) | AUN(t) inside SA | |
| 7 | JUNKET | |
| Scrap even parts of best all-expenses-paid trip (6) | JUNK + b(E)s(T) | |
| 8 | CARTON | |
| Box not mounted underneath vehicle (6) | NOT reversed after CAR | |
| 13 | CONSCIENCE | |
| Moral sense changed since clubs put in smoker (10) | (Anagram of SINCE + C) inside CONE | |
| 16 | SPARE TIME | |
| Fight drug issue raised in leisure period (5,4) | SPAR + E + (EMIT reversed) | |
| 17 | CLASSICS | |
| Close, a vessel is transporting 100 definitive works (8) | CL + A + SS + (IS outside C) | |
| 18 | DEFIED | |
| Challenged condition written the wrong way in legal document (6) | IF reversed inside DEED | |
| 20 | ASSUME | |
| Put on turkey, a big bird all over (6) | ASS + (EMU reversed) | |
| 21 | TATTLE | |
| Gossip’s story about time repeated once (6) | TALE outside (T+T) | |
| 23 | ALARM | |
| A large usher’s offering is an eye-opener (5) | A + L + ARM | |
| 25 | CLIP | |
| Hold speed (4) | Double Definition |
