| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BASIS | |
| Support opening of book without change (5) | (B)ook + AS IS | |
| 4 | OUR FATHER | |
| Prayer at four excited most of flock (3,6) | Anagram of AT FOUR + (HER)D | |
| 9 | THEORETICAL | |
| The exam containing quote about abstract (11) | (THE + ORAL) outside (CITE reversed) | |
| 10 | SAP | |
| Members of congress approach easy mark (3) | congresS APproach | |
| 11 | EMANATED | |
| Gave out label written backwards with wrong date (8) | NAME revresed + anagram of DATE | |
| 12 | ACCESS | |
| Get hold of high cards including clubs and spades (6) | ACES outside C + S | |
| 14 | AMEX | |
| Plastic part of webcam expanded (4) | webcAM EXpanded | |
| 15 | LIMITING | |
| Using basic material around it is restrictive (8) | LIMING outside IT | |
| 18 | PRISONER | |
| Intruder holding family member captive (8) | PRIER outside SON | |
| 20 | POUR | |
| Pelt, in a sorry condition, given an airing (4) | Sounds like POOR | |
| 24 | CALICO | |
| Claim mostly falsified with company material (6) | Anagram of (CLAI)m + CO | |
| 25 | ASBESTOS | |
| Fireproof material, for instance, most desirable overseas (8) | AS + BEST + OS | |
| 27 | RIP | |
| Cut journey with time running out (3) | TRIP minus T | |
| 28 | IMAGINATION | |
| Creativity is carrying magazine people? (11) | (I + I) outside MAG + NATION | |
| 29 | BREASTPIN | |
| Jewellery and rings, primarily paste, must be tossed in bin (9) | [(R)ings + anagram of PASTE] inside BIN | |
| 30 | TASTE | |
| Small serving of polenta steamed, perhaps? (5) | polenTA STEamed | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BY THE WAY | |
| In passing empty bay, they moved around WA? (2,3,3) | B(a)Y + (THEY outside WA) | |
| 2 | SEEPAGE | |
| Watch leaf oozing (7) | SEE + PAGE | |
| 3 | STREAK | |
| Dash is removed from misprinted asterisk (6) | Anagram of ASTERISK minus IS | |
| 4 | ON THE BLINK | |
| Thorium, used in one boron connection, is not working (2,3,5) | TH inside ONE + B + LINK | |
| 5 | ROCK | |
| Support music with a strong beat (4) | Double Definition | |
| 6 | ALLOCATE | |
| Local, in a bad way, had some food set aside (8) | Anagram of LOCAL + ATE | |
| 7 | HAS-BEEN | |
| Layer shielding base distracted old VIP (3-4) | HEN outside anagram of BASE | |
| 8 | REPAST | |
| Meal break cut by boss’s offsider (6) | PA inside REST | |
| 13 | IMPRESSION | |
| Is promise, broken by politician, ultimately an unsubstantiated belief? (10) | Anagram of IS PROMISE + politicia(N) | |
| 16 | PSYCHICS | |
| Spy roughed up sophisticated leader of spiritualists and clairvoyants (8) | Anagram of SPY + CHIC + (S)piritualists | |
| 17 | PRESENCE | |
| Company research taking place in British capital (8) | RES inside PENCE | |
| 19 | RELAPSE | |
| Fall back asleep, shattered after end of tour (7) | Anagram of ASLEEP after tou(R) | |
| 21 | OUTWITS | |
| Two of our clowns could be dupes (7) | (OU)r + TWITS | |
| 22 | SCARAB | |
| Dry crust penetrated by a river beetle (6) | (A + R) inside SCAB | |
| 23 | TENANT | |
| Section of camp making room for an occupant (6) | TENT outside AN | |
| 26 | LAMP | |
| Large electrical unit is light (4) | L + AMP |
