| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SOLIDARITY | |
| Cover maintained in riot, say, adversely impacted team spirit (10) | LID inside anagram of RIOT SAY | |
| 6 | MASK | |
| Moslem’s first to request cover for face (4) | (M)oslem + ASK | |
| 10 | ASSET | |
| Help a small group (5) | A + S + SET | |
| 11 | PERSONAGE | |
| For a youngster, age is notable (9) | PER + SON + AGE | |
| 12 | TOOK CARE | |
| Was prudent to pass car close to motorcycle (4,4) | TO + OK + CAR + motorcycl(E) | |
| 13 | TIDY UP | |
| One bound by duty prepared quietly to set things straight (4,2) | I inside anagram of DUTY + P | |
| 15 | REVILE | |
| Despise sinfulness in heart of parent (6) | EVIL inside pa(RE)nt | |
| 16 | IGNITED | |
| Returning associates of cadet in Gippsland should be fired up (7) | caDET IN GIppsland reversed | |
| 18 | DAN | |
| Fighter who is skilled and resolved (3) | Anagram of AND | |
| 19 | UPSWELL | |
| International shipping company facing strong surge (7) | UPS + WELL | |
| 21 | SMILEY | |
| Measure inside edges of, say, emoticon (6) | MILE inside (S)a(Y) | |
| 24 | FEISTY | |
| Spirited one tied securely in iron enclosure (6) | I inside (FE + STY) | |
| 25 | TEST CASE | |
| Set-back unsettled a sect’s potentially important legal action? (4,4) | TES + anagram of A SECT | |
| 27 | NUMERO UNO | |
| The most important thing on our menu freshly made (6,3) | Anagram of ON OUR MENU | |
| 28 | RAITA | |
| Ingredients of carbonara – Italian food made with yoghurt and cucumber (5) | carbonaRA ITAlian | |
| 29 | LACK | |
| Want trousers trimmed on both sides (4) | (s)LACK(s) | |
| 30 | STYLESHEET | |
| The steel, say, redesigned without a template (10) | Anagram of THE STEEL SAY minus A | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | STARTS | |
| Pioneers, right, embraced by sports figures, perhaps (6) | R inside STATS | |
| 2 | LISMORE | |
| Northern NSW town is another backing Labor’s leader (7) | (IS + MORE) after (L)abor | |
| 3 | DETECTIVE STORY | |
| Test device, distributed by English political party, is a mystery (9,5) | Anagram of TEST DEVICE + TORY | |
| 4 | REPORTEDLY | |
| Sort of red to put in e-mail option according to accounts (10) | Anagram of RED TO inside REPLY | |
| 5 | TARP | |
| Protective sheet is right in a light blow (4) | R inside TAP | |
| 7 | ANALYST | |
| One who tests any stone containing aluminium (7) | (ANY + ST) outside AL | |
| 8 | KNEEPADS | |
| Hold back commercials about introduction of new protective equipment (8) | (KEEP + ADS) outside (N)ew | |
| 9 | MOTION PICTURES | |
| US competitor in animated films (6,8) | Anagram of US COMPETITOR IN | |
| 14 | LINSEED OIL | |
| Plant extract left in soil containing endless weeds? (7,3) | (L + IN + SOIL) outside (w)EED(s) | |
| 17 | CUP FINAL | |
| Copper and mate embracing fellow in important sporting match (3,5) | (CU + PAL) outside (F + IN) | |
| 20 | SEISMIC | |
| Content of database is microscopic in relation to earthquakes (7) | databaSE IS MICroscopic | |
| 22 | EXAMINE | |
| Do an analysis without ammonia derivative (7) | EX + AMINE | |
| 23 | DEPART | |
| Catch journalist back-pedalling and leave (6) | (TRAP + ED) reversed | |
| 26 | AUNT | |
| A form of accommodation not housing one family member (4) | A + (UNIT minus I) |
