| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BALUSTRADE | |
| Bus fitted with aluminium switch, a safety feature (10) | BUS outside AL + TRADE | |
| 6 | ANT | |
| A part of Australia – one loyal to the Queen (3) | A + NT | |
| 9 | TONNE | |
| Measure or units of measurement on network (5) | measuremenT ON NEtwork | |
| 10 | MASTICATE | |
| Champ’s support for sails that is involving boat (9) | MAST + (IE outside CAT) | |
| 11 | T-BONES | |
| Disease connected to one’s cuts (1-5) | TB + ONES | |
| 12 | HEARTENS | |
| Finds out about score reduced by 50% and cheers (8) | HEARS outside (half of twenty) | |
| 13 | BARREN | |
| Empty public house reduced rent (6) | BAR + (REN)t | |
| 15 | ADOPTION | |
| A function point adversely impacted endorsement (8) | A + DO + anagram of POINT | |
| 16 | COCKTAIL | |
| Starter, say, changed tack in wind (8) | Anagram of TACK inside COIL | |
| 18 | TEASER | |
| Prisoners of state – a serious problem (6) | staTE A SERious | |
| 20 | PAPILLON | |
| Small dog is sick just after finishing mush (8) | (ILL + ON) after PAP | |
| 21 | GETS UP | |
| Guest, revitalised by sleep, finally …? (4,2) | Anagram of GUEST + slee(P) | |
| 24 | ERECTIONS | |
| One working in reconstruction of secret buildings (9) | (I + ON) inside anagram of SECRET | |
| 25 | TRAIL | |
| Follow dog crossing river (5) | TAIL outside R | |
| 26 | SET | |
| Scheduled examination largely given backing (3) | (TES)t reversed | |
| 27 | ATTENDANCE | |
| Showing up two hours before midnight social event (10) | AT TEN + DANCE | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BATHTUB | |
| Youngster grabbing that damaged container of cleaning fluid (7) | BUB outside anagram of THAT | |
| 2 | LINGO | |
| Language with nothing about vitality (5) | NIL reversed + GO | |
| 3 | SIEGE MENTALITY | |
| A defensive attitude – people inside get it easily mixed up (5,9) | MEN inside anagram of GET IT EASILY | |
| 4 | RUMP | |
| Powerful leader losing primary seat (4) | TRUMP minus T | |
| 5 | DISTEND | |
| Catches up in fixed balloon (7) | NETS reversed inside DID | |
| 6 | ACADEMICS | |
| Faculty members like confining rat with mutated mice (9) | AS outside (CAD + anagram of MICE) | |
| 7 | TREASON | |
| Pay for unfulfilled son’s disloyalty? (7) | (TREA)t + SON | |
| 8 | MISREPRESENTED | |
| Agent disliked after M is portrayed falsely (14) | (REP + RESENTED) after (M + IS) | |
| 14 | RECIPIENT | |
| One detective taken in by young beneficiary (9) | (I + PI) inside RECENT | |
| 15 | AIL | |
| Trouble with outspoken porter, say (3) | Sounds like ALE | |
| 16 | COPPERS | |
| Those employed to protect people’s money (7) | Double Definition | |
| 17 | IRON OUT | |
| Get rid of one working in hiding (4,3) | I + (ON inside ROUT) | |
| 19 | REPULSE | |
| Drive back there without the staple food (7) | THERE minus THE + PULSE | |
| 22 | SPAWN | |
| Small shrimp, clear of river, deposit eggs (5) | S + (PRAWN minus R) | |
| 23 | I SEE | |
| Battered enemies missing troops heading west – that makes sense (1,3) | Anagram of ENEMIES minus MEN |
