| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SHOULDER STRAP | |
| Baggage carrier should rest for a change before strike (8,5) | SHOULD + anagram of REST + RAP | |
| 9 | ENCLOSE | |
| Put in fence, ignoring boundaries and shed? (7) | f)ENC(e + LOSE | |
| 10 | APPROVE | |
| Endorse software range (7) | APP + ROVE | |
| 11 | APPLY | |
| Request, like cider, perhaps? (5) | Double Definition | |
| 12 | TO THE GOOD | |
| Child, say, wearing bonnet in front (2,3,4) | TOT + (EG inside HOOD) | |
| 13 | DONATION | |
| Offering to satisfy people of Australia, for example (8) | DO + NATION | |
| 15 | KILLED | |
| Expert losing head is taken out (6) | s)KILLED | |
| 18 | MASSIF | |
| Service provided for central mountain assembly (6) | MASS + IF | |
| 19 | LIGHTING | |
| It illuminates land in front of garden (8) | LIGHT + IN + (G)arden | |
| 22 | PAROCHIAL | |
| A fabulous creature kept in lab container is restricted (9) | (A + ROC) inside PHIAL | |
| 24 | STALL | |
| Delay construction of market (5) | Double definition | |
| 25 | ERUDITE | |
| Conclusion of mainframe computer department accepted by impertinent academic (7) | mainfram(E) + (IT inside RUDE) | |
| 26 | GUNFIRE | |
| Peacekeepers, beset by grief, reassessed shooting (7) | UN inside anagram of GRIEF | |
| 27 | ENGINE-DRIVERS | |
| People in charge of transportation needing distributed waterways (6-7) | Anagram of NEEDING + RIVERS | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | STEWARD | |
| Trade was arranged without a supervisor (7) | Anagram of TRADE WAS minus A | |
| 2 | OCCUPANTS | |
| Residents come about reduced clothing (9) | (OCCU)r + PANTS | |
| 3 | LOOPY | |
| Kitty chucked up last of many nuts (5) | POOL reversed + man(Y) | |
| 4 | ERECTION | |
| Muscles identified in one mutated structure (8) | RECTI inside anagram of ONE | |
| 5 | STARTS | |
| Time in the company of celebrities gets under way (6) | T inside STARS | |
| 6 | REPLENISH | |
| Helper, admitting offence, stacked up stock (9) | (SIN inside HELPER) reversed | |
| 7 | PHOTO | |
| Picture one sort of tasteless toothpaste? (5) | Anagram of t(OOTHP)aste | |
| 8 | HEADED | |
| Notice kept in mind as directed (6) | AD inside HEED | |
| 14 | TWITCHING | |
| Pair greatly suffering from irritation and muscular spasms (9) | (TW)o + ITCHING | |
| 16 | LAID ASIDE | |
| Financial assistance offered in deal is not normally rejected (4,5) | AID inside anagram of DEAL IS | |
| 17 | PILLAGED | |
| Sacked person who’s unpleasant and elderly (8) | PILL + AGED | |
| 18 | MAPPED | |
| Appendix checked in medical is represented on a chart (6) | APP inside MED | |
| 20 | GOLFERS | |
| They get around links primarily? (7) | &lit; GOFERS outside (L)inks | |
| 21 | LIVE-IN | |
| Resident left one with style (4-2) | L + I + VEIN | |
| 23 | ROUGE | |
| Cosmetic surgeon, extremely deficient, adjusted? (5) | Anagram of s)URGEO(n | |
| 24 | SUNNI | |
| Bright star raised in one branch of Islam (5) | SUN + (IN reversed) |
