| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | MARSHMALLOW | |
| Hurt male nursed by superficial, sweet thing (11) | MAR + (M inside SHALLOW) | |
| 9 | CHAMBER | |
| Light colour painted at far end of church room (7) | AMBER after CH | |
| 10 | PLOTTER | |
| Crafty person acquiring large drawing machine (7) | POTTER outside L | |
| 11 | LEDGER | |
| Flat horizontal slab of stone left by trimmer (6) | L + EDGER | |
| 12 | FINE ARTS | |
| Creative subjects may be close by wearing suits (4,4) | NEAR inside FITS | |
| 14 | TORT | |
| Associates of administrator tackled a civil wrong (4) | administraTOR Tackled | |
| 15 | CADAVEROUS | |
| Haggard wretch, for instance, keeping five euro with change (10) | CAD + [AS outside (V + anagram of EURO)] | |
| 18 | MODERATELY | |
| Tempo in melody varied to some extent (10) | RATE inside anagram of MELODY | |
| 19 | TINT | |
| Ingredient of paint in tin? (4) | painT IN Tin | |
| 22 | CURTSIED | |
| Dog, secured by rope around pole, showed respect (8) | CUR + TIED outside S | |
| 24 | HAMPER | |
| Cured meat and fruit lacking in a selection of food (6) | HAM + (PEAR minus A) | |
| 26 | OIL WELL | |
| Ring one left rightly for gusher, say (3,4) | O + I + L + WELL | |
| 27 | EDIBLES | |
| Food from deli best cooked without salt ultimately (7) | Anagram of DELI BEST minus sal(T) | |
| 28 | DISENTANGLE | |
| Resolve is needed in depression – a point of view (11) | IS inside DENT + ANGLE | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | MEANDERED | |
| Solicitor’s conclusion in malicious legal document is twisted (9) | SOLICITO(R) inside (MEAN + DEED) | |
| 2 | RUBBER | |
| Match material with some flexibility (6) | Double definition | |
| 3 | HARM | |
| Do damage to hospital wing (4) | H + ARM | |
| 4 | APPLICABLE | |
| Computer company shortened one wire fitting (10) | (APPL)E + I + CABLE | |
| 5 | LOOSENED | |
| What a guide did about noose incorrectly untied (8) | LED outside anagram of NOOSE | |
| 6 | WATER | |
| Drink, possibly, one taken from restaurant worker (5) | WAITER minus I | |
| 7 | SCULPT | |
| Pressure in small religious group to do creative work (6) | P inside (S + CULT) | |
| 8 | FRISKS | |
| Head of forensics jeopardises searches (6) | (F)ORENICS + RISKS | |
| 13 | EAST BERLIN | |
| Old Russian section liberates tortured leader of Norway (4,6) | Anagram of LIBERATES + (N)ORWAY | |
| 16 | ON IMPULSE | |
| Phosphorus put into emulsion exploded spontaneously (2,7) | P inside anagram of EMULSION | |
| 17 | FRESHENS | |
| Lowly worker, lifting layers, grows in strength (8) | SERF reversed + HENS | |
| 18 | MACROS | |
| Computer instructions from Apple product improved greatly (6) | MAC + (ROS)E | |
| 20 | THRUST | |
| Stab hooligan initially held in custody (6) | (H)OOLIGAN inside TRUST | |
| 21 | FADING | |
| Commotion concealed by smoke is on the decline (6) | DIN inside FAG | |
| 23 | RULED | |
| Ordered rum mostly went first (5) | (RU)M + LED | |
| 25 | MEGA | |
| Big man reduced housing, for example (4) | (MA)n outside EG |
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