| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CUT NO ICE | |
| Rough count that is about 100 failed to impress (3,2,3) | Anagram of COUNT + (IE outside C) | |
| 5 | SCRIPT | |
| Drunken inspector ignoring one doctor’s instruction (6) | Anagram of INSPECTOR minus ONE | |
| 10 | MOPED | |
| Light transport moved aimlessly (5) | Double Definition | |
| 11 | ADRENALIN | |
| A doctor recalled passage concerned with stimulating hormone (9) | A + DR + (LANE reversed) + IN | |
| 12 | DECORATED | |
| Company strike-breaker, involved in exploit, is given an award (9) | (CO + RAT) inside DEED | |
| 13 | MIMIC | |
| I am repeatedly taken aback by cold impressionist (5) | IM reversed twice + C | |
| 14 | SLOWER | |
| Small calf, say, is less intelligent (6) | S + LOWER | |
| 15 | EXTINCT | |
| Former partner, back to fight in court, is wiped out (7) | EX + figh(T) + IN + CT | |
| 18 | PSYCHIC | |
| Spy distracted smart clairvoyant (7) | Anagram of SPY + CHIC | |
| 20 | SIGHTS | |
| Landmarks and places so to speak (6) | Sounds like SITES | |
| 22 | RAMBO | |
| Sly character is right in front of emergency services worker (5) | R + AMBO | |
| 24 | NARRATIVE | |
| River rat featuring in simple story (9) | (R + RAT) inside NAIVE | |
| 25 | THREESOME | |
| Group of clubbers met heroes in strange circumstances? (9) | Anagram of MET HEROES | |
| 26 | HYENA | |
| Wild dog had briefly appeared outside Japanese capital (5) | (HA)d outside YEN | |
| 27 | DILATE | |
| Enlarge identification returned at the last minute (6) | ID reversed + LATE | |
| 28 | INGRATES | |
| King short of capital judges selfish people (8) | (k)ING + RATES | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | COMEDO | |
| Show up and fix black spot (6) | COME + DO | |
| 2 | TYPICALLY | |
| Parking in city confused friend as a rule (9) | P inside anagram of CITY + ALLY | |
| 3 | OLD-GROWTH FOREST | |
| Woodland preserved for the world got badly infected with diseases ultimately (3-6,6) | Anagram of FOR THE WORLD GOT outside (D)iseases | |
| 4 | CHAPTER | |
| Male tenor missing out on backing part (7) | CHAP + [TENOR minus (ON reversed)] | |
| 6 | CINEMATOGRAPHER | |
| Shooter scrambled to manager entering secret code (15) | Anagram of TO MANAGER inside CIPHER | |
| 7 | ISLAM | |
| Religion is liturgy, primarily, and a mass (5) | IS + (L)iturgy + A + M | |
| 8 | TENACITY | |
| Web reflected a city’s strength of will (8) | NET reversed + A + CITY | |
| 9 | BRIDLE | |
| Restrain newlywed crossing threshold of love-nest (6) | BRIDE outside (L)ovenest | |
| 16 | NUTRIMENT | |
| Triathlon men tucked into dry fruit for sustenance (9) | (TRI + MEN) inside NUT | |
| 17 | SPIRITED | |
| Lively insect’s wings tied up by agitated spider? (8) | (I)nsec(T) inside anagram of SPIDER | |
| 19 | CANNON | |
| Big shot, smart, not totally active (6) | (CANN)y + ON | |
| 20 | SURGEON | |
| Wave on one heading for the operating theatre (7) | SURGE + ON | |
| 21 | RECAPS | |
| Builder’s gap-filler, knocked over, runs through (6) | SPACER reversed | |
| 23 | MORAL | |
| Righteous human being short on time (5) | MORTAL minus T |
