| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | STANDOFF | |
| Workers outside union finally resolve a deadlock (8) | STAFF outside [unio(N) + DO] | |
| 5 | GAUCHE | |
| Unpolished copper and silver put back with helium (6) | (CU + AG) reversed + HE | |
| 10 | LOBSTER | |
| Large sorbet excited berry producer (7) | L + anagram of SORBET | |
| 11 | UNTRIED | |
| Novel released about king (7) | UNTIED about R | |
| 12 | NUMBER ONE | |
| Anaesthetic on schedule, ultimately, is the best? (6,3) | NUMBER + ON + schedul(E) | |
| 13 | MOPER | |
| Dispirited person is not part of broken promise (5) | Anagram of PROMISE minus IS | |
| 14 | LEIS | |
| Floral arrangements that are kept round? (4) | Cryptic Definition | |
| 16 | DAINTREE | |
| Outcry about a large growth region of rainforest (8) | DIN outside A + TREE | |
| 19 | RESIDENT | |
| Local power given up by Trump for one (8) | PRESIDENT minus P | |
| 20 | FELT | |
| Soft material should be manipulated by hand (4) | Double Definition | |
| 23 | LURED | |
| Centrepiece of blue and red had an attractive effect (5) | b(LU)e + RED | |
| 24 | SANCTUARY | |
| Wrecked car nut dumped in, say, nature reserve (9) | Anagram of CAR NUT inside SAY | |
| 26 | GLAZIER | |
| One may replace Windows starting to get more sluggish (7) | (G)et + LAZIER | |
| 27 | EDIFIED | |
| Enlightened editors accommodating condition set by one (7) | (IF + I) inside (ED + ED) | |
| 28 | NATTER | |
| Head to nurse and treat broken jaw (6) | (N)urse + anagram of TREAT | |
| 29 | STREETON | |
| Course connected with an Australian landscape painter (8) | STREET + ON | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SILENTLY | |
| ENT pinched by fool without a word (8) | ENT inside SILLY | |
| 2 | ALBUM | |
| A large, worthless collection of music (5) | A + L + BUM | |
| 3 | DITHER | |
| Doctor nursing one with the trembling condition (6) | DR outside (I + THE) | |
| 4 | FOR GOOD MEASURE | |
| A room used irregularly in blacksmith’s workshop as a bonus (3,4,7) | Anagram of A ROOM USED inside FORGE | |
| 6 | ATTEMPTS | |
| Time taken by state MP ruined endeavours (8) | T inside anagram of STATE MP | |
| 7 | CRIMPLENE | |
| Writer occupied by language originally used in crime material (9) | [PEN outside (L)anguage] inside CRIME | |
| 8 | ENDURO | |
| Target group, with restrictions lifted, prepared for a long-distance race? (6) | END + anagram of g)ROU(p | |
| 9 | SUPERINTENDENT | |
| Administrator sent around various parts of Peru with plan (14) | SENT outside (anagram of PERU + INTEND) | |
| 15 | INEBRIANT | |
| One prepared brain in clear alcohol (9) | I + (anagram of BRAIN inside NET) | |
| 17 | WILDLIFE | |
| Cultivated dill eaten by wife’s animals (8) | Anagram of DILL inside WIFE | |
| 18 | STAYED ON | |
| Bulge returned after guy continued to play (6,2) | NODE reversed after STAY | |
| 21 | FLAGON | |
| Amount of wine and spirit put into baked dish (6) | GO inside FLAN | |
| 22 | STRIKE | |
| Hit small kid’s treadly (6) | S +TRIKE | |
| 25 | A-LIST | |
| Lives consumed by key people favoured in the social arena (1-4) | IS inside ALT |
