| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | HEREDITARY | |
| Family time recorded in present journal (10) | T inside (HERE + DIARY) | |
| 6 | PLOT | |
| Great deal behind power scheme (4) | LOT after P | |
| 10 | NAMES | |
| Adult sent back case of extraneous titles? (5) | MAN reversed + (E)XTRANEOU(S) | |
| 11 | RECTANGLE | |
| Confusion following record figure (9) | TANGLE after REC | |
| 12 | STRAINING | |
| Student’s primary education is testing powers of endurance (9) | (S)TUDENT + TRAINING | |
| 13 | LATHS | |
| Strips of wood left at empty houses? (5) | L + AT + H(ouse)S | |
| 14 | EDGE | |
| Fringe leader not committed to club (4) | (W)EDGE | |
| 15 | REAPPEAR | |
| Come back to harvest fruit (8) | REAP + PEAR | |
| 18 | EMOTICON | |
| Typical facial expression, in my opinion, reflected swindler’s admission (8) | TO ME reversed + I CON | |
| 20 | CARP | |
| Swimmer’s coach added to pressure (4) | CAR + P | |
| 24 | POACH | |
| Cook fish without permission, say (5) | Double Definition | |
| 25 | SCINTILLA | |
| Small amount in cash drawer used in scam mostly (9) | (IN + TILL) inside (SCA)M | |
| 26 | SPOON-FEED | |
| Baby on fixed charge in small school (5-4) | (ON + FEE) inside (S + POD) | |
| 27 | BLADE | |
| Knife boy in stand (5) | LAD inside BE | |
| 28 | DAYS | |
| Sunny periods, say, varied after end of blizzard (4) | Anagram of SAY after BLIZZAR(D) | |
| 29 | IRIDESCENT | |
| Dazzling one travels with little money (10) | I + RIDES + CENT | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | HONEST | |
| One’s affected by restriction of height above board (6) | ONES inside HT | |
| 2 | REMORSE | |
| Regret limitations of remote code developer? (7) | (R)emot(E) + MORSE | |
| 3 | DISTINGUISHING | |
| Detective and I, using insight, sorted out individual (14) | D + I + anagram of USING INSIGHT | |
| 4 | TARDIS | |
| Who’s transport is behind time on a road? (6) | IS after (T + A + RD) | |
| 5 | RACEGOER | |
| Pro’s second hole in one disheartened golfer, one regularly at course? (8) | P(R)O + ACE + GO(lf)ER | |
| 7 | LEGATEE | |
| Beneficiary’s attendance money accepted by shelter (7) | GATE inside LEE | |
| 8 | TREASURE | |
| Prize tree pruned next to a stable (8) | (TRE)E + A + SURE | |
| 9 | FALLOPIAN TUBES | |
| Egg deliverers go down and up into base irregularly (9,5) | FALL + anagram of UP INTO BASE | |
| 16 | DESPISED | |
| Speed is distributed by dealers initially held in contempt (8) | Anagram of SPEED IS + (D)EALERS | |
| 17 | MONSIEUR | |
| Nice man, perhaps, with million forged in Euros (8) | M + anagram of IN EUROS | |
| 19 | ORATORY | |
| Public speaking or a story without an introductory piece (7) | OR + A + S(TORY) | |
| 21 | PALMATE | |
| Two buds shaped like an open hand (7) | PAL + MATE | |
| 22 | WINDED | |
| Associates of widow in dedication in need of air (6) | widoW IN DEDication | |
| 23 | PARENT | |
| Author and publisher originally are not contracted (6) | (P)UBLISHER + ARENT |
