| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | LATER | |
| A little peripheral (a terminal) in the future (5) | peripheraL A TERminal | |
| 4 | SUSTAINED | |
| American wearing black is held up (9) | US inside STAINED | |
| 9 | CHALICE | |
| Chap mostly left very cold water in drinking cup (7) | (CHA)p + L + ICE | |
| 10 | EXISTED | |
| Was left outside entrance to stadium (7) | EXITED outside (S)tadium | |
| 11 | THEATRE CRITIC | |
| Sort of erratic jerk chasing the drama expert (7,6) | (Anagram of ERRATIC + TIC) after THE | |
| 14 | SCAM | |
| Computers backed a fraudulent business scheme (4) | MACS reversed | |
| 15 | CROWS NEST | |
| Snow formed in top place where there’s a lookout (5,4) | Anagram of SNOW inside CREST | |
| 18 | INTERCEPT | |
| Check adjustment to tent price (9) | Anagram of TENT PRICE | |
| 19 | BRIO | |
| Spirit revealed primarily in facts of life? (4) | (R)evealed inside BIO | |
| 21 | THREE-DAY EVENT | |
| The veteran, Dye, arranged a horse-riding contest (5-3,5) | Anagram of THE VETERAN DYE | |
| 24 | NUPTIAL | |
| Wedding finished in translation of Latin (7) | UP inside anagram of LATIN | |
| 26 | APRICOT | |
| Orange-yellow rice mostly prepared in a cooker (7) | (RIC)e inside (A + POT) | |
| 27 | EMERGENCE | |
| Men spread throughout Greece orchestrated development (9) | MEN scattered throughout anagram of GREECE | |
| 28 | SALLY | |
| Set out on an excursion south with friend (5) | S + ALLY | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | LACK | |
| Want trousers trimmed on both sides (4) | s)LACK(s | |
| 2 | TOASTMASTER | |
| Preview plugged by a most excited host (11) | TASTER outside anagram of A MOST | |
| 3 | RAIDER | |
| Condition broken by a footballer from Canberra (6) | RIDER outside A | |
| 4 | SPECTACLE | |
| Caretaker, originally in set place, arranged exhibition (9) | (C)aretaker inside anagram of SET PLACE | |
| 5 | SWEDE | |
| European married in the middle of Messenia (5) | WED inside mes(SE)nia | |
| 6 | APIARIST | |
| A doddery pair is heading to the person with hives (8) | A + anagram of PAIR + IS +(T)he | |
| 7 | NET | |
| Clear obstacle dividing court (3) | Double Definition | |
| 8 | DEDICATION | |
| Editor recalled speech about a commitment (10) | ED reversed + (DICTION outside A) | |
| 12 | THEORETICAL | |
| The exam containing quote about abstract (11) | THE + [ORAL outside (CITE reversed)] | |
| 13 | ASSISTANCE | |
| Help as is needed in position (10) | AS + (IS inside STANCE) | |
| 16 | ON THE TAKE | |
| Greek character, king, imprisoned by one accepting bribes (2,3,4) | (THETA +K) inside ONE | |
| 17 | FREEZING | |
| Complimentary spirit is very cold (8) | FREE + ZING | |
| 20 | DEBRIS | |
| One who’s coming out with teacher picked up rubbish (6) | DEB + (SIR reversed) | |
| 22 | ALL-IN | |
| Occupation within borders without restrictions? (3-2) | c(ALLIN)g | |
| 23 | STAY | |
| Support postponement (4) | Double Definition | |
| 25 | PEE | |
| Noble giving up right to visit ladies, say (3) | PEER minus R |
