| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DEBITED | |
| Small amount listed in property document is taken away (7) | BIT inside DEED | |
| 5 | PUSHING | |
| Energetic dog biting part of a leg (7) | PUG outside SHIN | |
| 9 | MUSIC | |
| Last part edited out of simulcast messed up orchestral work (5) | Anagram of SIMULCAST minus LAST | |
| 10 | FORMATTER | |
| Program that prepares disks for whatever occupies space (9) | FOR + MATTER | |
| 11 | CENTENARY | |
| Canteen exploited all leaving rally for a long time (9) | Anagram of CANTEEN + (RALLY minus ALL) | |
| 12 | PELT | |
| Throw missiles and hide (4) | Double Definition | |
| 14 | LISBON | |
| Lives in pound close to Portuguese port (6) | IS inside LB + ON | |
| 15 | ENTIRE | |
| Middle section of trench and drain should be full (6) | tr(EN)ch + TIRE | |
| 18 | PIECES | |
| Unusual species with no tail or segments (6) | Anagram of SPECIE(s) | |
| 19 | NEURON | |
| Inert gas used to seal centre of pure nerve cell (6) | NEON outside p(UR)e | |
| 22 | RORT | |
| Underlings controlled by mobster or triad commit fraud? (4) | mobsteR OR Triad | |
| 23 | TRANSMUTE | |
| Change trains, taking no notice of one mum (9) | TRAINS minus I + MUTE | |
| 25 | TANTALISE | |
| Lead on bronze is featured in report (9) | TAN + (IS inside TALE) | |
| 26 | ADULT | |
| Sealed section of road ultimately could be fully developed (5) | roAD ULTimately | |
| 27 | DERWENT | |
| Tasmanian flower turned red and died (7) | RED reversed + WENT | |
| 28 | SCENERY | |
| View credentials leaving residency abroad (7) | Anagram of RESIDENCY minus ID | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DOMICILE | |
| I’m taking retirement in manageable home (8) | IM reversed inside DOCILE | |
| 2 | BUSINESS PARTNER | |
| Associate coaches carrying in box and opening up (8,7) | BUSES outside IN + SPAR + (RENT reversed) | |
| 3 | TICKED OVER | |
| Watch, say, engraved with an emblem of peace, was inactive (6,4) | TICKER outside DOVE | |
| 4 | DEFRAY | |
| Pay rate cut by 50% during challenge (6) | RA(te) inside DEFY | |
| 5 | PARTYING | |
| Father and mother finally connecting and having a good time (8) | PA + mothe(R) + TYING | |
| 6 | SLAT | |
| Strip of wood or trimmed stone (4) | SLAT(e) | |
| 7 | IN THE NEAR FUTURE | |
| Before long her uneaten fruit rotted (2,3,4,6) | Anagram of HER UNEATEN FRUIT | |
| 8 | GYRATE | |
| Guys oddly value spin (6) | (G)u(Y) + RATE | |
| 13 | FIRE ESCAPE | |
| Emergency exit, one in open space strangely (4,6) | I inside FREE + anagram of SPACE | |
| 16 | RESTRICT | |
| Trick not completed within a relaxed time limit (8) | (TRIC)k inside REST | |
| 17 | ANCESTRY | |
| Family estate included in an urgent appeal (8) | EST inside (AN + CRY) | |
| 20 | ORATED | |
| Leader of Opposition, well-respected, made a speech (6) | (O)pposition + RATED | |
| 21 | HAVENS | |
| Shelters consist of poles (6) | HAVE + (N+S) | |
| 24 | FARE | |
| Cost of transport is reasonable by the sound of it (4) | Sounds like FAIR |
