| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CLASSED | |
| Distribution of sales in musician’s work should be sorted out (7) | Anagram of SALES inside CD | |
| 5 | REPLAY | |
| Agent put down show again (6) | REP + LAY | |
| 9 | RACER | |
| Car changing gear regularly? (5) | Anagram of CAR + g(E)a(R) | |
| 10 | SUPPORTER | |
| Wine consumed by marvellous patron (9) | PORT inside SUPER | |
| 11 | DOUBTFUL | |
| Defender originally disguised foul, but it’s suspect (8) | (D)EFENDER + anagram of FOUL BUT | |
| 12 | LAWFUL | |
| Head of laboratory, thoroughly unpleasant, is right (6) | (L)ABORATORY + AWFUL | |
| 13 | ARTY | |
| Celebration after the start is creative (4) | P(ARTY) | |
| 14 | DESPERATE | |
| Furious pace maintained after adjustment to speed (9) | RATE after anagram of SPEED | |
| 17 | EXPLAINER | |
| Ten parking in line are upset with demonstrator (9) | (X + P) inside anagram of LINE ARE | |
| 18 | PLUS | |
| Icing on the cake is almost considered rich (4) | (PLUS)H | |
| 20 | ANYHOW | |
| Hospital in no way re-scheduled carelessly (6) | H inside anagram of NOWAY | |
| 21 | NOWADAYS | |
| No channels screening commercial at the present time (8) | (NO + WAYS) outside AD | |
| 24 | LIBRARIES | |
| Houses sharing a reader’s favourite places (9) | LIBR(A)RIES | |
| 25 | SHEER | |
| Ship’s deviation is clear (5) | Double Definition | |
| 26 | RELY ON | |
| Be sure of sect not securing secret location in the south of France (4,2) | SECRET minus SECT + LYON | |
| 27 | YACHTED | |
| Gutted hygienist in decline retired and went on a cruise? (7) | H(ygienis)T inside (DECAY reversed) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CARED | |
| Some on board Titanic are definitely worried (5) | titaniC ARE Definitely | |
| 2 | ACCOUNTS PAYABLE | |
| Record of liabilities a noble doctor kept in line (8,7) | A + [(COUNT + SPAY) inside CABLE] | |
| 3 | SURETY | |
| American backed new tyre guarantee (6) | US reversed + anagram of TYRE | |
| 4 | DISBURDEN | |
| Bus ride organised in outskirts of Darwin is free (9) | Anagram of BUS RIDE inside (D)arwi(N) | |
| 5 | RAPS | |
| Knocks box over (4) | SPAR reversed | |
| 6 | PROFANED | |
| Teacher at university and dean wrongly committed sacrilege (8) | PROF + anagram of DEAN | |
| 7 | ACT OF PARLIAMENT | |
| Australian statute amended after a complaint (3,2,10) | Anagram of AFTER A COMPLAINT | |
| 8 | TROLLEYS | |
| Call out in class about running things in a supermarket (8) | (YELL inside SORT) reversed | |
| 13 | AMENABLE | |
| Permit after half a day is ready to submit (8) | ENABLE after AM | |
| 15 | SERIOUSLY | |
| Very dodgy treatment of euro is secretive (9) | ANagram of EURO IS + SLY | |
| 16 | MAHOGANY | |
| Wood piles cut by a selfish person (8) | MANY outside (A + HOG) | |
| 19 | PARSEC | |
| Australian behind crudely breaking PC unit that’s astronomical (6) | ARSE inside PC | |
| 22 | SHRED | |
| Grate is starting to rust in building outside (5) | (R)UST inside SHED | |
| 23 | LION | |
| Club member, for example, leaving military unit (4) | LEGION minus EG |
