| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | HURTS | |
| Inflicts injuries on regiment primarily occupying small buildings (5) | (R)egiment inside HUTS | |
| 4 | FLATTERED | |
| Fine coffee and wine should be praised (9) | F + LATTE + RED | |
| 9 | DOUBLE CREAM | |
| High-fat dairy product could be reviewed by paper? (6,5) | Anagram of COULD BE + REAM | |
| 10 | ABS | |
| Muscles may be so evenly spaced (3) | mAy Be So | |
| 11 | EPILEPSY | |
| Nervous disorder may be written down in records close to surgery (8) | (PILE inside EPS) + surger(Y) | |
| 12 | RENTER | |
| Leaseholder’s right to go in (6) | R + ENTER | |
| 14 | OVER | |
| Off-side fielder not starting a short bowling spell (4) | (c)OVER | |
| 15 | VERTEBRA | |
| Green support for woman taking on head of experimental spinal unit (8) | (VERT + BRA) outside (E)xperimental | |
| 18 | SPRAINED | |
| Injured spy almost fell down (8) | SP(y) + RAINED | |
| 20 | SAGO | |
| Pudding ingredient, say, reduced vitality (4) | SA(y) + GO | |
| 24 | EARTHS | |
| Grounds are prepared by one leaving this (6) | Anagram of ARE + TH(i)S | |
| 25 | SCREW-TOP | |
| Type of bottle a group of workers sealed with plug (5-3) | STOP outside CREW | |
| 27 | ROT | |
| Tripe and bread not finished (3) | ROT(i) | |
| 28 | BARBITURATE | |
| Drug distributor that sells alcohol, organised a tribute (11) | BAR + anagram of A TRIBUTE | |
| 29 | PENETRATE | |
| Trap rat in sewer waste with probe (9) | (NET + RAT) inside PEE | |
| 30 | NITRE | |
| Contents of can – it really is saltpetre (5) | caN IT REally | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | HEDGEROW | |
| How about a garden tool used to trim a line of shrubs or trees? (8) | HOW outside EDGER | |
| 2 | ROUTINE | |
| Way left open to retain batting order (7) | ROUTE outside IN | |
| 3 | SILVER | |
| Money is rolled over and left very briefly (6) | IS reversed + L + VER(y) | |
| 4 | FACE-SAVING | |
| Maintaining prestige, cafe mixed French wine in dip (4-6) | Anagram of CAFE + (VIN inside SAG) | |
| 5 | AXES | |
| A male, say, recalled choppers (4) | A + (SEX reversed) | |
| 6 | TEMPERED | |
| Hardened agent met retired journalist (8) | (REP + MET) reversed + ED | |
| 7 | REACTOR | |
| Church leader harnessing a source of power, perhaps (7) | RECTOR outside A | |
| 8 | DESIRE | |
| Fancy term used to address someone in abridged legal document (6) | SIR inside DEE(d) | |
| 13 | PRODUCTIVE | |
| Conduit, one used in test, should be efficient (10) | (DUCT + I) inside PROVE | |
| 16 | BAD HABIT | |
| Character flaw bishop had corrected slightly (3,5) | B + anagram of HAD + A BIT | |
| 17 | COMPLETE | |
| Fill in parking permit in advance (8) | (P + LET) inside COME | |
| 19 | PURITAN | |
| Fanatic turned up on rescheduled train (7) | UP reversed + anagram of TRAIN | |
| 21 | ATTRACT | |
| Pull a pamphlet containing twaddle primarily (7) | (A + TRACT) outside (T)waddle | |
| 22 | BEER-UP | |
| Be straight over for drinking party (4-2) | BE + (PURE reversed) | |
| 23 | TEA URN | |
| Switch around each beverage supplier (3,3) | TURN outside EA | |
| 26 | PROA | |
| Old hand seen on a Malay sailing boat (4) | PRO + A |
