| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | LADY CHAPEL | |
| Young man cheaply renovated part of a church (4,6) | LAD + anagram of CHEAPLY | |
| 6 | EPIC | |
| Grand hotel not used by the police implicated in corruption (4) | Anagram of THE POLICE minus HOTEL | |
| 9 | EMBER | |
| A number of them berated old flame (5) | thEM BERated | |
| 10 | JET STREAM | |
| Black gas crossing river’s windy flow (3,6) | (JET + STEAM) outside R | |
| 12 | PATISSERIE | |
| Bakery’s light touch is featured by short course (10) | PAT + IS + (SERIE)S | |
| 13 | ALA | |
| Both sides clipped from galah’s wing (3) | g)ALA(h | |
| 15 | REDUCE | |
| Bring down the price of refined crude by a quarter (6) | Anagram of CRUDE + E(ast) | |
| 16 | PAP SMEAR | |
| Father misread a sperm test used to detect cancer (3,5) | PA + anagram of A SPERM | |
| 18 | SIDEREAL | |
| Team certain of the stars (8) | SIDE + REAL | |
| 20 | GRATIS | |
| Termination of two-timing traitor is free (6) | TWO-TIMIN(G) + RAT + IS | |
| 23 | ARM | |
| Get ready to fight member (3) | Double Definition | |
| 24 | EPIGLOTTIS | |
| Farm animal, set in place, moved around pipe cover (10) | (PIG + LOT) inside (SITE reversed) | |
| 26 | SIGHTSEER | |
| Utter regret rattled terse tourist (9) | SIGH + anagram of TERSE | |
| 27 | OCKER | |
| Australian musicians knowing no bounds (5) | r)OCKER(s | |
| 28 | DUDS | |
| People wear these useless things (4) | Double Definition | |
| 29 | DEBASEMENT | |
| Degradation found me wallowing in depression (10) | (BASE + ME) inside DENT | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | LEER | |
| Bless rebel returning stare? (4) | RE(b)EL reversed | |
| 2 | DAB HAND | |
| Criminal turned over hotel along with expert (3,4) | BAD reversed + H + AND | |
| 3 | CARDIAC ARREST | |
| Coaches holding assistant up, before time out, with heartfelt problem? (7,6) | (CAR + CAR) outside (AID reversed) + REST | |
| 4 | ADJUST | |
| A player of music upset, oddly, with tune (6) | A + DJ + UpSeT | |
| 5 | EXTERNAL | |
| Independent former union member learnt in a devious way (8) | EX + anagram of LEARNT | |
| 7 | PREPARE | |
| Representative is in trim and ready (7) | REP inside PARE | |
| 8 | COME ACROSS | |
| Discover and access room under new building (4,6) | Anagram of ACCESS ROOM | |
| 11 | TREASURE-TROVE | |
| Pay for cruise around certain property of great value (8-5) | (TREAT + ROVE) outside SURE | |
| 14 | TRESPASSED | |
| Course about securing resort may be entered without permission (10) | DESSERT reversed outside SPA | |
| 17 | BALINESE | |
| Indonesian base infiltrated by group of regimented soldiers (8) | BASE outside LINE | |
| 19 | DAMAGED | |
| Mother on farm, quite old, is hurt (7) | DAM + AGED | |
| 21 | TRICKLE | |
| Stickler changed 1 down to flow? (7) | Anagram of S(TICKLER) | |
| 22 | GLORIA | |
| A song of praise and love penned by a girl after conversion (6) | O inside anagram of A GIRL | |
| 25 | DRAT | |
| Democrat, ignoring approach, backed expression of annoyance (4) | DEMOCRAT minus (COME reversed) |
