| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SIDE-SADDLE | |
| Opposing groups make rotten riding gear (4-6) | SIDES + ADDLE | |
| 6 | AS TO | |
| Minister of religion, extremely deficient, is concerning? (2,2) | p)ASTO(r | |
| 10 | ARCHERS | |
| They are trained to shoot people parading with no leader (7) | (m)ARCHERS | |
| 11 | SPOILED | |
| Lubricant, kept inside, went quickly off (7) | OIL inside SPED | |
| 12 | MENUS | |
| People, American, organised lists of options (5) | MEN + US | |
| 13 | GREAT BEAR | |
| Eat in Greek harbour with a bunch of stars (5,4) | EAT inside (GR + BEAR) | |
| 14 | DIABETES | |
| Stops working, taking a risk with metabolic disorder (8) | DIES outside (A + BET) | |
| 16 | DEMAND | |
| Associates of rude man denied request (6) | ruDE MAN Denied | |
| 18 | SLIDES | |
| Borders placed around large playground items (6) | SIDES outside L | |
| 19 | BLESSING | |
| Beyonce’s first singles remastered with official approval (8) | (B)eyonce + anagram of SINGLES | |
| 22 | HEARTLAND | |
| A most vital area reviewed alert checked by worker? (9) | Anagram of ALERT inside HAND | |
| 23 | GRAZE | |
| Damage the top surface of pasture (5) | Double Definition | |
| 24 | LAID OUT | |
| Thug securing help is knocked for six (4,3) | LOUT outside AID | |
| 25 | ELATION | |
| Great joy, right, sacrificed by one of the family? (7) | RELATION minus R | |
| 26 | RING | |
| Phone’s digital attachment (4) | Double Definition | |
| 27 | CONSONANCE | |
| Inmates formerly accepting an agreement (10) | (CONS + ONCE) outside AN | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SLAMMED | |
| A married couple transported by snow vehicle crashed (7) | (A + MM) inside SLED | |
| 2 | DECONTAMINATION | |
| “No admittance” organised by one assigned to cleaning (15) | Anagram of NO ADMITTANCE + I + ON | |
| 3 | SEEDS | |
| Top competitors understand limitations of diets? (5) | SEE + (D)iet(S) | |
| 4 | DISAGREE | |
| Detective is strangely eager to have words (8) | D + IS + anagram of AGREE | |
| 5 | LASTED | |
| Young man, consuming large amount of stew, carried on (6) | LAD outside (STE)w | |
| 7 | SELF-EXAMINATION | |
| Female, six, excited by race, is soul-searching (4-11) | Anagram of FEMALE SIX + NATION | |
| 8 | ORDERED | |
| Starter of oysters and variety of red wine selected from a menu (7) | (O)ysters + anagram of RED + RED | |
| 9 | FORTRESS | |
| Protected building of retired king with lock? (8) | OF reversed + R + TRESS | |
| 15 | ELECTION | |
| Head of engineering in telco reviewed choice? (8) | (E)ngineering + anagram of IN TELCO | |
| 17 | PLEDGERS | |
| They promise additional information from writer about accounting book (8) | PS outside LEDGER | |
| 18 | SCHOLAR | |
| Intellectual leader of society prepared choral (7) | (S)ociety + anagram of CHORAL | |
| 20 | GREENIE | |
| Environmentalist that is backing new generation of energy mostly (7) | IE after anagram of (ENERG)y | |
| 21 | GASTRO | |
| Illness causing a stroke to a limited extent (6) | causinG A STROke | |
| 23 | GRAIN | |
| Beam retaining a natural character (5) | GRIN outside A |
