| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SCRAWLED | |
| Hastily written books ultimately moved along slowly (8) | book(S) + CRAWLED | |
| 6 | BLOOD | |
| Family flourished without me (5) | BLOOMED minus ME | |
| 10 | ANIMAL MAGNETISM | |
| An enigmatic mate smiling about mother with personal charm (6,9) | AN + anagram of MATE SMILING outside MA | |
| 11 | DUDGEON | |
| Resentment shown by fellow carrying $1000 at work (7) | DUDE outside G + ON | |
| 12 | AT TIMES | |
| Rough estimate not completed on occasion (2,5) | Anagram of (ESTIMAT)e | |
| 13 | ART | |
| Public hanging…an endless party? (3) | p)ART(y | |
| 14 | PLIERS | |
| Pinchers, large, seen in fishing spots (6) | L inside PIERS | |
| 15 | INSIDE | |
| Sporting team is under cover (6) | IN + SIDE | |
| 18 | SEAMER | |
| Sailors docked with right delivery (6) | SEAME(n) + R | |
| 20 | DERMIS | |
| Skin divers at sea switching “volume” to “mass” (6) | Anagram of DIVERS with M for V | |
| 24 | END | |
| A number of aldermen defended resolution (3) | aldermEN Defended | |
| 26 | REWARDS | |
| Artist returned small prizes (7) | DRAWER reversed + S | |
| 28 | ETERNAL | |
| Unchanging consumer not taking a computer system back (7) | EATER minus A + (LAN reversed) | |
| 29 | FIRST AUSTRALIAN | |
| Original inhabitant, a naturalist, resettled behind trees (5,10) | Anagram of A NATURALIST after FIRS | |
| 30 | YODEL | |
| Sing melody arranged without musicians initially (5) | Anagram of MELODY minus (M)usicians | |
| 31 | EARTHING | |
| Auditor linked to affair is going to ground (8) | EAR + THING | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | CHILDLIKE | |
| Learner driver, grabbed by kid raised in Chile, is innocent (9) | (L inside KID) reverse inside CHILE | |
| 3 | AMATEUR | |
| A friend set up rugby union player who doesn’t get paid (7) | A + MATE + (RU reversed) | |
| 4 | LAMINA | |
| Savage overturned thin plate (6) | ANIMAL reversed | |
| 5 | DOGMATIC | |
| Opinionated male chasing scoundrel, a jerk (8) | (M after DOG) + A + TIC | |
| 6 | BREATHS | |
| Inspiring efforts are lacking a bit in swimming pool (7) | (ARE minus A) inside BATHS | |
| 7 | OPIUM | |
| Narcotics division originally not bound to impound distributed drug (5) | Anagram of IMPOUND minus (N)arcotics (D)ivision | |
| 8 | DEMISE | |
| Part in modem is examined for failure (6) | moDEM IS Examined | |
| 9 | LAID UP | |
| Support university breaking record – that’s sick (4,2) | (AID + U) inside LP | |
| 16 | DIMENSION | |
| Measure soldiers replacing six in division (9) | DIVISION with VI replaced by MEN | |
| 17 | PRESSURE | |
| Research bearing subjected externally to pure heat (8) | (RES + S) inside PURE | |
| 19 | MARITAL | |
| Academic linked to new trial of a husband (7) | MA + anagram of TRIAL | |
| 21 | EYELASH | |
| Hair pieces turned up in church sale yesterday (7) | churcH SALE YEsterday reversed | |
| 22 | SPLINE | |
| Thin strip left in back of book (6) | L inside SPINE | |
| 23 | CRAFTY | |
| Announcement about modified fat is devious (6) | CRY outside anagram FAT | |
| 25 | DEBTOR | |
| Corrupt foundation set up borrower (6) | (ROT + BED) reversed | |
| 27 | WIRED | |
| We brought around Irish leader from Dublin in an excited state (5) | WE outside IR + (D)ublin |
