| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DOCUDRAMA | |
| Manage sheep consuming processed food – a true-to-life story (9) | (DO + RAM) outside CUD + A | |
| 6 | INDIA | |
| Ones leaving Asian republic, a heavily-populated country (5) | INDONESIA minus ONES | |
| 9 | MISCAST | |
| Is leader of crew, breaking spar, given the wrong job? (7) | [IS + (C)rew] inside MAST | |
| 10 | THRIVED | |
| The short diver at sea did well (7) | TH(e) + anagram of DIVER | |
| 11 | SWINEHERD | |
| Red wine has spoiled without input of a former farm employee (9) | Anagram of RED WINE HAS minus A | |
| 13 | THREE | |
| Minus 10 or 20 roughly? (5) | (13 minus 10) + anagram of THERE | |
| 14 | BUGS | |
| Rabbit diseases? (4) | Double Definition | |
| 15 | DOWNSTAIRS | |
| Where the servants stay at Windsor confused head of state (10) | Anagram of AT WINDSOR + (S)tate | |
| 17 | BRIGHT-EYED | |
| Eager, they reformed education following prison (6-4) | (Anagram of THEY + ED) after BRIG | |
| 18 | BITS | |
| Pieces or units of information (4) | Double Definition | |
| 20 | THERE | |
| That place, the area in the middle (5) | THE + a(RE)a | |
| 21 | TEMPERATE | |
| Reasonable salesperson satisfied with backing at opening of exhibition (9) | (REP + MET) reversed + AT + (E)xhibition | |
| 23 | ENTRANT | |
| Competitor hurried inside tent in poor condition (7) | RAN inside anagram of TENT | |
| 25 | NEARING | |
| Line half dropped out with a call coming (7) | (li)NE + A + RING | |
| 26 | HARMS | |
| Usher’s offering in high school causes damage (5) | ARM inside HS | |
| 27 | PAYPHONES | |
| Telecommunication services reconnected happy individuals (9) | Anagram of HAPPY + ONES | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DUMPS | |
| Gets rid of division’s top sporting officials (5) | (D)ivision + UMPS | |
| 2 | CASTING DIRECTOR | |
| Recording act – it’s upset with one picking out players (7,8) | Anagram of RECORDING ACT ITS | |
| 3 | DIADEM | |
| I had overthrown dame falsely given regal power (6) | ID reversed + anagram of DAME | |
| 4 | AT THE MOMENT | |
| People featured in loosely-bound tome that should be right now (2,3,6) | MEN inside anagram of TOME THAT | |
| 5 | ACT | |
| A cabaret dropping a naked performance (3) | A CABARET minus BARE | |
| 6 | IRRITATE | |
| Incense and cross displayed at both ends of ceremony mostly (8) | IRATE outside (RIT)e | |
| 7 | DIVERSIFICATION | |
| One following some down under lies about a marketing strategy (15) | (I after DIVERS) + (FICTION outside A) | |
| 8 | ADDRESSES | |
| Commercial clothing locations (9) | AD + DRESSES | |
| 12 | DANGER MONEY | |
| Workers’ compensation confused anyone catching virus after start of development (6,5) | (Anagram of ANYONE outside GERM) after (D)evelopment | |
| 14 | BABY-TEETH | |
| A bite, reportedly, taken by little Elizabeth, probably uses these? (4-5) | (A +sounds-like BITE) inside BETH | |
| 16 | CHEETAHS | |
| Cheer undersized rugby players – they can run fast (8) | CHEE(r) + TAHS | |
| 19 | DETACH | |
| Cadet reassigned by hospital is free (6) | Anagram of CADET + H | |
| 22 | EDGES | |
| Seed scattered around garden’s front borders (5) | Anagram of SEEDS outside (G)arden | |
| 24 | TOP | |
| Trump’s misguided post lacking substance primarily (3) | Anagram of POST minus (S)ubstance |
