| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PSYCHO | |
| Participants in autopsy chose headcase (6) | autoPSY CHOse | |
| 5 | ABBA | |
| Music group’s common pattern of rhyme (4) | A-B-B-A | |
| 9 | STEAL | |
| Appropriate statement finally included in guarantee (5) | STATEMEN(T) inside SEAL | |
| 10 | TEMPTRESS | |
| One who works occasionally with hair is an attractive woman (9) | TEMP + TRESS | |
| 13 | ELEMENT | |
| Constituent starting to enrage men involved in court decision (7) | (E)NRAGE + (MEN inside LET) | |
| 14 | HELLCAT | |
| He will act strangely with a vixen (7) | HELL + anagram of ACT | |
| 15 | NUTS | |
| Fruit and crackers (4) | Double Definition | |
| 16 | IN JEOPARDY | |
| Newborn pride and joy, losing blood, ultimately may be at risk? (2,8) | Anagram of PRIDE AND JOY minus BLOO(D) | |
| 19 | PLEBISCITE | |
| Place to live in retirement is to call a public vote (10) | PL + (BE reversed) + IS + CITE | |
| 20 | LAST | |
| Stay around terminal (4) | Double Definition | |
| 23 | BIG SHOT | |
| Somebody butchered hogs in short time (3,4) | Anagram of HOGS inside BIT | |
| 25 | NUCLEAR | |
| Peacekeepers backed fine for possessing atomic weapons (7) | UN reversed + CLEAR | |
| 26 | SATURNINE | |
| Turn one insane and gloomy? (9) | (TURN + I) inside SANE | |
| 28 | LUCID | |
| Reasonable copper returned wearing top (5) | CU reversed inside LID | |
| 29 | ONTO | |
| Aware of old Russian space station, in pieces, disappearing from monitor (4) | MONITOR minus M I R | |
| 30 | DESIST | |
| Group taking part in crusades is told to stop (6) | crusaDES IS Told | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | SOLDER | |
| Metal connector, one taken away from gunner, perhaps (6) | SOLDIER minus I | |
| 3 | CATATONIC | |
| A stimulant delivered to the backside of pet in an unresponsive state (9) | (A + TONIC) after CAT | |
| 4 | OOMPH | |
| Vitality as lacking in treatment of shampoo (5) | Anagram of SHAMPOO minus AS | |
| 5 | ANTELOPE | |
| Plain animals cut off in an area used by golfers (8) | LOP inside (AN TEE) | |
| 6 | ADS | |
| Magazine revenue source when divided up by head of department (3) | AS outside (D)EPARTMENT | |
| 7 | ASTERN | |
| A really firm behind (6) | A + STERN | |
| 8 | SEVENTY-EIGHT | |
| Record event very well detailed in display? (7-5) | [EVENT + (YE)S] inside SIGHT | |
| 11 | ESCORT AGENCY | |
| Carbon factored into production of energy cost a company supplier (6,6) | C inside anagram of ENERGY COST A | |
| 12 | SATAY | |
| Continue eating a spicy Malaysian dish (5) | STAY outside A | |
| 17 | EXTENDERS | |
| They draw out loving in preparation for sex (9) | TENDER inside anagram of SEX | |
| 18 | HITHERTO | |
| Time put into successful show by lead actor so far (8) | T inside (HIT + HERO) | |
| 19 | PUBIS | |
| Section of hipbone is replaced under local (5) | IS after PUB | |
| 21 | TIRADE | |
| One with a role in commerce lecture (6) | I inside TRADE | |
| 22 | SCALES | |
| Money made from trading outside clubs goes up (6) | SALES outside C | |
| 24 | TRIAD | |
| Malicious gossip brought up about a crime syndicate (5) | DIRT reversed outside A | |
| 27 | ADO | |
| A complete song and dance (3) | A + DO |
