| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SHOUTER | |
| The woman nearly exposed a loudmouth (7) | SH(e) + OUTER | |
| 5 | REPAST | |
| Meal break cut by boss’s offsider (6) | REST outside PA | |
| 9 | EAT UP | |
| Entirely devour each sheep (3,2) | EA + TUP | |
| 10 | LAMPOONER | |
| One taken in by leading light or satirist (9) | ONE inside (LAMP + OR) | |
| 11 | DAINTIES | |
| Tasty items of food aren’t crudely stored in sinks (8) | AINT inside DIES | |
| 12 | FINISH | |
| Complete a short distance covered by swimmers (6) | IN inside FISH | |
| 14 | DEAR JOHN LETTER | |
| Distraught Jane held rotter’s note ending a relationship (4,4,6) | Anagram of JANE HELD ROTTER | |
| 16 | ASSET-STRIPPING | |
| One silly test interfered with excellent practice of selling off company resources (5-9) | ASS + anagram of TEST + RIPPING | |
| 20 | RESORT | |
| Where tourists go to put in fresh order (6) | Double Definition | |
| 22 | WARRANTS | |
| Justifies tirades at the end of fighting (8) | RANTS after WAR | |
| 24 | AIR POCKET | |
| I set pressure in missile after passing a local region of low pressure (3,6) | [I + (P inside ROCKET)] after A | |
| 25 | PHOTO | |
| Picture one sort of tasteless toothpaste? (5) | Anagram of TOOTPASTE minus TASTE | |
| 26 | TEDIUM | |
| Routine diet revised by mum after the start (6) | Anagram of DIET + (m)UM | |
| 27 | RETITLE | |
| Give a new name to one described in letter informally (7) | I inside anagram of LETTER | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SPENDS | |
| Lays out special objects (6) | SP + ENDS | |
| 2 | OUTRIDERS | |
| Bodyguards, with right ID, lining different routes (9) | (R + ID) inside anagram of ROUTES | |
| 3 | TAPSTER | |
| Old barperson’s quietly engaged by one with a discerning palate (7) | P inside TASTER | |
| 4 | ROLLED OATS | |
| A lot resold reconstituted breakfast cereal (6,4) | Anagram of A LOT RESOLD | |
| 5 | ROMP | |
| Cut capers from pickles to some extent (4) | fROM Pickles | |
| 6 | PROMISE | |
| Guarantee made by professional is accepted by the writer (7) | PRO + (IS inside ME) | |
| 7 | SUNNI | |
| Bright star raised in one branch of Islam (5) | SUN + IN reversed | |
| 8 | ARCHER | |
| Missile launcher decapitated person on parade (6) | (m)ARCHER | |
| 13 | ANTI-MATTER | |
| A talk about time, mostly, is elementary stuff (4-6) | A + NATTER outside TIM(e) | |
| 15 | TUNING OUT | |
| Mentally disturbed person, upset during disease, is losing interest (6,3) | NUT reversed + IN + GOUT | |
| 16 | ABROAD | |
| Tar used on street over a wide area (6) | AB + ROAD | |
| 17 | TORTONI | |
| Large slice of rich cake on one type of ice cream (7) | TORT(e) + ON + I | |
| 18 | PARAPET | |
| Standard placed next to a special wall used for protection (7) | PAR + A + PET | |
| 19 | ASHORE | |
| Like hard mineral on dry land (6) | AS + H + ORE | |
| 21 | SURGE | |
| Theatre worker missing out on a significant increase (5) | SURGEON minus ON | |
| 23 | SKIM | |
| Be sparing with reduced type of milk (4) | SKIM(p) |
