| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | RED CARPET | |
| King raced around leading special VIP treatment (3,6) | R + anagram of RACED + PET | |
| 6 | BLURB | |
| Obscure brochure’s opening advertisement (5) | BLUR + B | |
| 9 | ALLOT | |
| Assign a pair of learner drivers to reversing (5) | A + LL + TO reversed | |
| 10 | SCREENING | |
| Conservation primarily captured by radical Greens in broadcast (9) | C inside anagram of GREENS IN | |
| 11 | MEMORIES | |
| Recollections the writer and I experienced in customs (8) | ME + (I inside MORES) | |
| 12 | TYPIST | |
| One who may be a key person in the office (6) | Cryptic definition | |
| 14 | BRAVADO | |
| Show of courage and feminine support against trouble (7) | BRA + V + ADO | |
| 15 | LITERAL | |
| A tier rebuilt in middle of hollow according to specifications (7) | Anagram of A TIER inside ho(LL)ow | |
| 17 | VIA | |
| Package carried by aviator is going through (3) | aVIAtor | |
| 18 | TOUGHIE | |
| Difficult problem in competition is rough except at the start (7) | (r)OUGH inside TIE | |
| 20 | GLIMPSE | |
| Genius, at the front, developed simple and vague idea (7) | G + anagram of SIMPLE | |
| 22 | LAPELS | |
| Goes around detaining the Spanish flower wearers? (6) | LAPS outside EL | |
| 24 | STUBBORN | |
| Part of a ticket issued is hard to bend (8) | STUB + BORN | |
| 27 | YACHTSMAN | |
| Chants may upset crafty person (9) | Anagram of CHANTS MAY | |
| 28 | ALIGN | |
| Coordinate announcement of a particular product for sale (5) | Sounds like A LINE | |
| 29 | ROSES | |
| Thorny plants climbed up pole (5) | ROSE + S | |
| 30 | ASSIDUOUS | |
| Hard-working American tailing fool and one couple (9) | US after (ASS + I + DUO) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | REALM | |
| Region that’s large in paper collection (5) | L inside REAM | |
| 2 | DILEMMA | |
| Two million invested in repackaging of ideal puzzle (7) | MM inside anagram of IDEAL | |
| 3 | AFTERMATH | |
| End a spell in gross hospital (9) | A + (TERM inside FAT) + H | |
| 4 | PASSED OVER | |
| Old-fashioned English port is ignored (6,4) | PASSE + DOVER | |
| 5 | TERN | |
| Sea-bird’s offspring spotted in winter nest? (4) | winTER Nest | |
| 6 | BEEFY | |
| Solid insect gutted fly? (5) | BEE + F(l)Y | |
| 7 | UNIFIER | |
| Binder found in blaze at university, it’s said (7) | Sounds like UNI FIRE | |
| 8 | BAGATELLE | |
| Musical item and passage presented in ballet before the end (9) | GATE inside BALLE(t) | |
| 13 | FLAGSTONES | |
| Makes a note of colours for pavers (10) | FLAGS + TONES | |
| 14 | BIT PLAYER | |
| Consumer handling pressure to deposit extra (3,6) | BITER outside (P + LAY) | |
| 16 | TAILBOARD | |
| Component of truck’s consumption influenced by trouble on bumpy road (9) | (TB outside AIL) + anagram of ROAD | |
| 19 | UNPACKS | |
| Opens rotten cask up filled with nitrogen (7) | Anagram of CASK UP outside N | |
| 21 | PROVISO | |
| Excellent golfer against one, as stated, with qualification (7) | PRO + V + I + SO | |
| 23 | LOTUS | |
| Position taken by those contemplating sitting down? (5) | Cryptic definition | |
| 25 | NONES | |
| Not one sang initially in church service (5) | NONE + S | |
| 26 | EMMA | |
| Yours truly picked up mother’s Jane Austen book (4) | ME reversed + MA |
