| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | POSTMARKED | |
| Hard drive put back inside reconfigured desktop should be stamped (10) | RAM reversed inside anagram of DESKTOP | |
| 6 | APED | |
| Section of videotape digitally copied (4) | videotAPE Digitally | |
| 10 | SHOOT | |
| Snap a new branch (5) | Double Definition | |
| 11 | TEA FOR TWO | |
| A shared drink of water brewed in centre of Victoria (3,3,3) | Anagram of OF WATER inside vic(TO)ria | |
| 12 | ELEVEN | |
| Missing one cricket team? (6) | Twelve minus one; Double Definition | |
| 13 | SLIGHTED | |
| Put down saw broken by end of nail (8) | NAI(L) inside SIGHTED | |
| 14 | PRIMAL | |
| Greatest friend biting lip (6) | PAL outside RIM | |
| 16 | GRUESOME | |
| Awful rogues tortured men before the end (8) | Anagram of ROGUES + (ME)N | |
| 17 | SACRISTY | |
| Christ sacrificing much ultimately in, say, part of church (8) | [CHRIST minus MUC(H)] inside SAY | |
| 19 | STARCH | |
| Celebrity chef reduced by half important foodstuff (6) | STAR + (CH)EF | |
| 21 | EXPLICIT | |
| X-rated clip not usually stocked in outlet (8) | Anagram of CLIP inside EXIT | |
| 22 | OXYGEN | |
| It’s drawn in an ‘O’ formation? (6) | Double Definition | |
| 25 | SPINNAKER | |
| Sail to hold fast in wind, right? (9) | PIN inside SNAKE + R | |
| 26 | EMITS | |
| American news magazine backed first of several issues (5) | TIME reversed + (S)EVERAL | |
| 27 | PINT | |
| It may be needed to identify one temperature measurement (4) | PIN + T | |
| 28 | PROMETHEAN | |
| Specialist not nice about the original (10) | PRO + MEAN outside THE | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PASTE-UP | |
| Small seal covering a modified set draft of a printed page (5-2) | PUP outside (A + anagram of SET) | |
| 2 | SPOKE | |
| Talked in bar giving support to framework (5) | Double Definition | |
| 3 | MATHEMATICIANS | |
| Academic dealing with a concept is restricting an arithmetic group (14) | MA + THEMATIC + (IS outside AN) | |
| 4 | RATE | |
| Value teller placed on Euro (4) | RAT + E | |
| 5 | E-TAILER | |
| Relative, one fed up with an internet seller (1-6) | (REL + I + ATE) reversed | |
| 7 | PETIT FOUR | |
| Outfit dashed in for a sweet treat (5,4) | Anagram of OUTFIT inside PER | |
| 8 | DO-OR-DIE | |
| Desperate detective that is stationed behind access point (2-2-3) | (D + IE) after DOOR | |
| 9 | TO A GREAT EXTENT | |
| Message received during regatta – one scrambled considerably (2,1,5,6) | TEXT inside anagram of REGATTA ONE | |
| 15 | INCEPTION | |
| Foolish one on about carbon’s rise (9) | (INEPT + I + ON) outside C | |
| 16 | GUY | |
| Take off stabiliser (3) | Double Definition | |
| 17 | STEPS UP | |
| Upset dog, say, with cat around, comes forward (5,2) | (PET inside PUSS) reversed | |
| 18 | THINKER | |
| Philosopher’s writing material found in the capital of Russia (7) | INK inside THE + (R)USSIA | |
| 20 | HANGS ON | |
| American sweetheart filled with apprehension briefly waits (5,2) | HON outside (ANGS)T | |
| 23 | GUIDE | |
| Director is fatigued terribly losing excess weight (5) | Anagram of FATIGUED minus FAT | |
| 24 | CRAM | |
| Overfeed cold sheep (4) | C + RAM |
That Great 5d Mystery solved.
Have never heard of an “e-tailer”
Deep in Generation Gap here.
email, ebay, eech!
‘E-tailer’ is in the Concise (smaller) Macquarie as well as Chambers, Oxford, Collins and Websters
What I was missing 22-across is that, in the wild, oxygen exists as molecules, O2 (the ‘2’ should be subscript) and that this is an ‘O’ formation.
#232 was slow going for me. I only finished it tonight. The SW corner was particularly troublesome.
12a was my clue of the week. I got the answer quickly, but puzzled over the wordplay for many a night. Working it out was well and truly a eureka moment. I don’t think I’ve seen this device before.
22a and 3d had nice definitions. I also liked “access point” in 8d.