| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | STANDING ORDERS | |
| Involved strangers in odd parliamentary rules (8,6) | Anagram of STRANGERS IN ODD | |
| 10 | OWNER | |
| One who has unlimited supply of sedatives? (5) | d)OWNER(s | |
| 11 | MOONSHINE | |
| Hair and bone found in one’s rubbish (9) | MO + (SHIN inside ONE) | |
| 12 | STIPEND | |
| Mines backed to terminate regular clerical payment (7) | PITS reversed + END | |
| 13 | COPS IT | |
| Greek character, resting in bed, gets into trouble (4,2) | PSI inside COT | |
| 15 | WOLF | |
| Playboy issue withdrawn (4) | FLOW reversed | |
| 16 | RAISE CAIN | |
| Returning fighter pilots, following turbulent air home, create trouble (5,4) | (ACES reversed after anagram of AIR) + IN | |
| 19 | GAS HEATER | |
| Consumer going after split system that provides air-conditioning (3,6) | EATER after GASH | |
| 20 | TOPS | |
| Wonderful location for retirement (4) | SPOT reversed | |
| 23 | INTACT | |
| Unimpaired in judgement (6) | IN + TACT | |
| 25 | PEERAGE | |
| Lords and ladies visit ladies, say, with style (7) | PEE + RAGE | |
| 27 | ARMADILLO | |
| Equip a party transporting sick species that’s protected (9) | ARM + A +(DO outside ILL) | |
| 28 | CLICK | |
| Get on with race’s third lap (5) | ra(C)e + LICk | |
| 29 | SPRING-CLEANING | |
| Special group caught liking a refreshing seasonal activity (6-8) | SP + RING + C + LEANING | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | TANGIBLES | |
| Burglar initially caught inside stealing assorted items of property (9) | (B)urglar inside anagram of STEALING | |
| 3 | NERVES | |
| Tension shown by Novak’s first misdirected serve (6) | (N)ovak + anagram of SERVE | |
| 4 | IMMODERATE | |
| Excessive time in the middle obtaining practice against pace (10) | t(IM)e + MODE + RATE | |
| 5 | GOOF | |
| Spirit of a clown (4) | GO + OF | |
| 6 | RISSOLES | |
| River is stocked with fish food (8) | (R + IS) outside SOLE | |
| 7 | EDITS | |
| Checks upset minor, swollen, with temperature (5) | (SIDE reversed) outside T | |
| 8 | SWEETEN | |
| Sugar bags turned up with little inside (7) | NETS reversed outside WEE | |
| 9 | BOWSAW | |
| Cutter was steered back behind front of ship (6) | WAS reversed after BOW | |
| 14 | MICROPHONE | |
| Collect hydrogen and oxygen in mine with sound converter (10) | (CROP + H + O) inside MINE | |
| 17 | ADORATION | |
| Praise a director’s first speech (9) | A + (D)irector + ORATION | |
| 18 | FENCED IN | |
| Crooked reseller connected to racket is locked up (6,2) | FENCE + DIN | |
| 19 | GUITARS | |
| Sawn-off gun is taken apart by Jack’s instruments? (7) | GU(n) + (IS outside TAR) | |
| 21 | SNEAKY | |
| Slippery snake meandered back to shrubbery (6) | Anagram of SNAKE + shrubber(Y) | |
| 22 | DEACON | |
| Deal mostly with crook church official (6) | (DEA)l + CON | |
| 24 | TIMER | |
| Clock-watcher’s area of responsibility in recession (5) | REMIT reversed | |
| 26 | BLOC | |
| Union group shortened stoppage (4) | (BLOC)k |
