| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PEDESTAL | |
| Friend, ringing editor, established support for a column (8) | PAL outside (ED + EST) | |
| 5 | DICTUM | |
| Something said about cut broadcast is obscure (6) | DIM outside anagram of CUT | |
| 10 | CANTO | |
| Voice part cannot end with soprano (5) | CANT + sopran(O) | |
| 11 | HARROWING | |
| Nearly all strenuous activity in a regatta is traumatic (9) | (HAR)d + ROWING | |
| 12 | FIBREGLASS | |
| Reinforced plastic invention repaired large vessel (10) | FIB + anagram of LARGE = SS | |
| 13 | SOFA | |
| Couch up to this point must be cut short (4) | SO FA(r) | |
| 15 | ETHANE | |
| Heat energised neon gas (6) | Anagram of HEAT + NE | |
| 16 | RESTYLE | |
| Change secretly arranged without checking initially (7) | Anagram of SECRETLY minus (C)hecking | |
| 17 | SUPPORT | |
| Back up in cricket, say (7) | UP inside SPORT | |
| 19 | FLOPPY | |
| Pilot handling operation with pressure is not firm (6) | FLY outside (OP + P) | |
| 22 | GOOD | |
| Attempt to take too many drugs, right? (4) | GO + OD | |
| 23 | INORDINATE | |
| A rendition, strangely presented, is excessive (10) | ANagram of A RENDITION | |
| 25 | TOUCHDOWN | |
| Football score that hurt back from Collingwood in town (9) | [OUCH + collingwoo(D)] inside TOWN | |
| 26 | TORCH | |
| Burn rubbish retrieved by church (5) | ROT reversed + CH | |
| 27 | RETYPE | |
| A number of creepy terrorists sent back key again (6) | creEPY TERrorists reversed | |
| 28 | HEADWEAR | |
| We had adapted auditor’s cap for one (8) | Anagram of WE HAD + EAR | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PACIFY | |
| One fellow taking part in fast is quiet (6) | (I + F) inside PACY | |
| 2 | DINGBAT | |
| Eccentric bandit scattered around 1000 dollars (7) | ANagram of BANDIT outside G | |
| 3 | STONEMASON | |
| Artisan’s attitude mother’s noticed in family member (10) | (TONE+ MAS) inside SON | |
| 4 | ACHILLES TENDON | |
| A cool nurse cut into one’s damaged connective tissue (8,6) | A + CHILL + (TEND inside anagram of ONES) | |
| 6 | ICON | |
| Picture: “The Confession of a Hustler” (4) | I CON | |
| 7 | TRILOGY | |
| Set of dramatic works, and one journal, cited in essay (7) | (I + LOG) inside TRY | |
| 8 | MIGRATE | |
| Russian aircraft, with speed, move periodically (7) | MIG + RATE | |
| 9 | CROSS-REFERENCE | |
| Councillor and enforcers see broken link to related information (5-9) | CR + anagram of ENFORCERS SEE | |
| 14 | ASSOCIATED | |
| A coast side played badly in league (10) | Anagram of A COAST SIDE | |
| 17 | SIGHTER | |
| One who emits a deep breath taking tense practice shot (7) | SIGHER outside T | |
| 18 | PRODUCT | |
| Manufactured item expert connected to pipe (7) | PRO + DUCT | |
| 20 | PRAIRIE | |
| Public relations broadcast that is plain (7) | PR + AIR + IE | |
| 21 | WETHER | |
| Snipped offspring of ewe, the ram? (6) | eWE THE Ram | |
| 24 | CHOP | |
| Police officer absorbing hard blow (4) | COP outside H |
