| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | COMPROMISE | |
| Experienced leader of men is used in advance to make a deal (10) | [PRO + (M)en + IS] inside COME | |
| 6 | IDOL | |
| One toy loved by a child, 4, is a teen favourite? (4) | I + (DOL)l | |
| 10 | RISEN | |
| Contribution of donor is enormously increased (5) | donoR IS ENormously | |
| 11 | STRAPPING | |
| Robust shares returned by secure head of government (9) | PARTS reversed + PIN + (G)overnment | |
| 12 | RACIAL | |
| Ethnic coach backed by one and all to a great extent (6) | CAR reversed + I + (AL)l | |
| 13 | PROTEST | |
| Rubbish aired in nuisance’s public demonstration (7) | ROT inside PEST | |
| 15 | UNEASY | |
| Worried? Is preparation of any use? (6) | Anagram of ANY USE | |
| 16 | DEVIANCE | |
| Evil greatly represented in social anomaly (8) | (EVI)l inside DANCE | |
| 17 | SICKNESS | |
| Sister, holding neck, treated sufferer’s initial nausea (8) | SIS outside anagram of NECK + (S)ufferer | |
| 20 | METTLE | |
| Took on title, losing it with courage (6) | MET + (TITLE minus IT) | |
| 23 | REAGENT | |
| Letter’s claim about mature lab tester (7) | RENT outside AGE | |
| 24 | TRUMAN | |
| President losing patience, initially, with an old president (6) | TRUMP minus (P)atience + AN | |
| 26 | TOP BANANA | |
| Important person to lead a family member back to China (3,6) | TO + PB + A + NAN + chin(A) | |
| 27 | BANAL | |
| Bishop, excessively orderly and fussy, is unimaginative (5) | B + ANAL | |
| 28 | HADJ | |
| Religious movement has cut off music man (4) | (HA)s + DJ | |
| 29 | BEST FRIEND | |
| Terrible strife admitted by crook companion who’s close (4,6) | Anagram of STRIFE inside BEND | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CORK | |
| Stop a muscle problem (4) | Double Definition | |
| 2 | MISTAKE | |
| Fault is linked to temperature during manufacture (7) | (IS + T) inside MAKE | |
| 3 | RENAISSANCE MAN | |
| Person of many talents looked after checking fictitious names in case (11,3) | RAN outside anagram of NAMES IN CASE | |
| 4 | MOSTLY | |
| Time taken in secret following criminal’s pattern primarily (6) | (T inside SLY) after MO | |
| 5 | SCRUPLE | |
| Clears up in a disorderly fashion, losing a little weight (7) | Anagram of CLEARS UP minus A | |
| 7 | DRIVE-IN | |
| Film presenter’s doctor, one with style (5-2) | DR + I + VEIN | |
| 8 | LIGHT METER | |
| Camera gear fitted inside flame thrower (5,5) | MET inside LIGHTER | |
| 9 | OPPOSITE NUMBER | |
| Counterpart’s advance camouflaged by plain brown colour (8,6) | POSIT inside OPEN + UMBER | |
| 14 | OUTSTRETCH | |
| Extend time taken by the courts going through reorganisation (10) | T inside anagram of THE COURTS | |
| 16 | DOS | |
| Drug quantity not ending recommendations (3) | (DOS)e | |
| 18 | CLAPPED | |
| Acclaimed competitor primarily ran round a circuit (7) | (C)ompetitor + LAPPED | |
| 19 | SATIATE | |
| At sea it wrecked stuff (7) | Anagram of AT SEA IT | |
| 21 | TRAINEE | |
| Apprentice ain’t docked in large plant (7) | (AIN)t inside TREE | |
| 22 | STRAIT | |
| Station’s first quality channel (6) | (S)tation + TRAIT | |
| 25 | CLAD | |
| Cold youngster is dressed (4) | C + LAD |
