| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | RIPPED | |
| Split and broken pipe found in middle of road (6) | Anagram of PIPE inside RD | |
| 4 | PAINTS | |
| Colours are not included in extra information supplied by letter (6) | AINT inside PS | |
| 8 | COAST | |
| Succeed with little effort when in bed (5) | AS inside COT | |
| 9 | HARANGUED | |
| Hospital joining debate about an end to fund, is addressed forcefully (9) | H + (ARGUE outside AN) + FUN(D) | |
| 11 | VIETNAM | |
| Country’s volcano involved in spirited activity (7) | ETNA inside VIM | |
| 12 | UNCTION | |
| Divine grace shown by court in agreement (7) | CT inside UNION | |
| 13 | RANG | |
| Called newspaper about abbreviated form of noun (4) | RAG outside N | |
| 14 | ABSENTEE | |
| Missing person posted in a detailed complaint? (8) | SENT inside [A + (BEE)F] | |
| 17 | COMMANDO | |
| Soldier with special skills, heading to NATO function? (8) | COMMA + (N)ATO + DO | |
| 19 | UP TO | |
| Doing first part of unusual writer’s reading instructions (2,2) | (U)NUSUAL + PTO | |
| 23 | RAINING | |
| Enclosure outside a home is coming down (7) | RING outside (A + IN) | |
| 24 | IGNORED | |
| Section of design or editorial may be neglected (7) | desIGN OR EDitorial | |
| 25 | WHITEBAIT | |
| Small swimmer fractured the tibia after final in NSW (9) | Anagram of THE TIBIA after NS(W) | |
| 26 | IRATE | |
| Cross that is worn by traitor (5) | IE outside RAT | |
| 27 | TEXTAS | |
| Sign that something’s wrong in a test troubled Australian markers (6) | X inside anagram of A TEST | |
| 28 | TEASES | |
| Guys like breaking golf gear (6) | AS inside TEES | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | RECOVERY | |
| Green greatly positioned after river’s improvement (8) | (ECO + VERY) after R | |
| 2 | PHASE IN | |
| Gradually introduce phone, for instance, one used by the Germans (5,2) | PH + AS + EIN | |
| 3 | EXTEND | |
| Add to reference book, except for the beginning and end (6) | T(EXT) + END | |
| 4 | PERCUSSIONISTS | |
| Musicians suspect rosin is no good (14) | Anagram of SUSPECT ROSIN IS | |
| 5 | INNOCENT | |
| Place to stay once relocated next to Augusta’s 6th green (8) | INN + anagram of ONCE + AUGUS(T)A | |
| 6 | TAURINE | |
| A kidney excretion finalising temperature of a bull (7) | (A + URINE) after T | |
| 7 | CHAMPAGNE GLASS | |
| Winner scrambled an egg with young girl’s flute, for example (9,5) | CHAMP + anagram of AN EGG + LASS | |
| 10 | DUNE | |
| Build-up of sand is expected around the end of autumn (4) | DUE outside AUTUM(N) | |
| 15 | IMMINENT | |
| I am not contracted after mine’s close (8) | IM + (NT after MINE) | |
| 16 | BOLDNESS | |
| Supervisor holding large object over face (8) | BOSS outside [L + (END reversed)] | |
| 18 | ORIFICE | |
| Mouth and ear infection treated without an ENT (7) | Anagram of EAR INFECTION minus ENT | |
| 20 | PERHAPS | |
| Page ending with unusual phrase, possibly (7) | P + anagram of PHRASE | |
| 21 | GROW | |
| Noise made by an angry dog curtailed progress? (4) | (GROW)L | |
| 22 | ON FIRE | |
| A person hugging tree is enthusiastic (2,4) | ONE outside FIR |
