| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | FREE-FOR-ALL | |
| Go down outside bar or fight (4-3-3) | FALL outside (REEF + OR) | |
| 6 | LIST | |
| Write down orderly’s tip (4) | Double Definition | |
| 10 | ALTER | |
| Modify components in general terms (5) | generAL TERms | |
| 11 | SUCCESSOR | |
| Replacement has finally revitalised US soccer (9) | ha(S) + anagram of US SOCCER | |
| 12 | EARTHY | |
| They are not entirely reformed and unrefined (6) | Anagram (THEY AR)e | |
| 13 | INTAGLIO | |
| Engraving consisting of name written with refined oil (8) | IN + TAG + anagram of OIL | |
| 14 | SOLEMN | |
| Only man without a grave (6) | SOLE + M(a)N | |
| 16 | PERSONAL | |
| Exclusive perk, mostly tailored loans (8) | (PER)k + anagram of LOANS | |
| 17 | DECISION | |
| Settlement is coined strangely (8) | Anagram of IS COINED | |
| 19 | CAMEOS | |
| Small parts arrived overseas (6) | CAME + OS | |
| 21 | STRIPPER | |
| It removes stone, an excavating device that breaks up rock (8) | ST + RIPPER | |
| 22 | ACCRUE | |
| Build up a company in speech (6) | Sounds like A CREW | |
| 25 | GO THROUGH | |
| Goth with rugged face (2,7) | GOTH + ROUGH | |
| 26 | MENSA | |
| Toilet used by a group of smart people (5) | MENS + A | |
| 27 | SODA | |
| Turf laid next to a compound (4) | SOD + A | |
| 28 | BEGINNINGS | |
| Pray before time in the middle starts (10) | BEG + INNINGS | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | FRAMERS | |
| They set up one not involved in distribution of firearms (7) | Anagram of FIREARMS minus I | |
| 2 | ESTER | |
| Elements of test eradicated an organic compound (5) | tEST ERadicated | |
| 3 | FOR THE MOST PART | |
| Generally those people pastor converted in stronghold (3,3,4,4) | (THEM + anagram of PASTOR) inside FORT | |
| 4 | RASH | |
| Eruption is premature (4) | Double Definition | |
| 5 | LICENCE | |
| Sort excluded from complicated electronics certification (7) | Anagram of ELECTRONICS minus SORT | |
| 7 | INSOLENCE | |
| Popular individual, one not included in “nice” backchat (9) | IN + SOLE + (NICE minus I) | |
| 8 | TURMOIL | |
| Cocktail of rum, consumed during work, confused situation (7) | Anagram of RUM inside TOIL | |
| 9 | RENAISSANCE MAN | |
| Person of many talents looked after checking fictitious names in case (11,3) | RAN outside anagram of NAMES IN CASE | |
| 15 | LACERATED | |
| Ornamental fabric considered good is torn (9) | LACE + RATED | |
| 16 | PEN | |
| Enclosure not closed down at the front (3) | (o)PEN | |
| 17 | DOSAGES | |
| Prescribed amounts of medicine satisfy authorities (7) | DO + SAGES | |
| 18 | OVERUSE | |
| Wear out oven largely connected to device (7) | (OVE)n + RUSE | |
| 20 | SEESAWS | |
| Playground equipment was reassembled behind courts (7) | Anagram of WAS after SEES | |
| 23 | RUN-IN | |
| Rugby Union scrumhalf nearly ended fight? (3-2) | RU + (NIN)e | |
| 24 | THAI | |
| Asian cuisine that is ultimately lacking? (4) | THA(t) + I(s) |
