| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | GREAT APE | |
| Adjusted gear to record wild animal (5,3) | Anagram of GEAR + TAPE | |
| 5 | MALBEC | |
| Red cable repositioned behind back of modem (6) | Anagram of CABLE after mode(M) | |
| 10 | NETBALL | |
| Strike a fault with popular game? (7) | NET BALL | |
| 11 | LIONESS | |
| Unusual lesson about one individual with pride (7) | Anagram of LESSON outside I | |
| 12 | REACH | |
| Make contact with care arranged by hospital (5) | Anagram of CARE + H | |
| 13 | TORMENTOR | |
| One who causes great distress to river guide (9) | TO + R + MENTOR | |
| 14 | IN A COLD SWEAT | |
| Panic-stricken cadet saw lion moving around (2,1,4,5) | Anagram of CADET SAW LION | |
| 18 | CHAISE LONGUE | |
| Seat repaired on a sleigh, secured by wooden rod (6,6) | Anagram of ON A SLEIGH inside CUE | |
| 21 | ILL AT EASE | |
| Strange latitude given in one accommodating contract (3,2,4) | LAT inside (I + LEASE) | |
| 23 | GLOVE | |
| Catch opener from Guyana with no score (5) | (G)uyana + LOVE | |
| 24 | EXPLOIT | |
| Take advantage of scheme mostly used in evacuation (7) | (PLO)t inside EXIT | |
| 25 | OVERAGE | |
| Part of insurance policy, not including initial excess (7) | c(OVERAGE) | |
| 26 | TITLED | |
| Noble provided guidance after time with IT (6) | LED after (T + IT) | |
| 27 | BED-SHEET | |
| Cover beet growing on both sides of repaired shed (3-5) | BEET outside anagram of SHED | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | GONERS | |
| Enthusiastic people accepting leader of neurotic people beyond help (6) | GOERS outside (N)eurotic | |
| 2 | ENTRAP | |
| Mate just about picked up catch (6) | (PARTNE)r reversed | |
| 3 | TEACHINGS | |
| Distribution of GST accommodating every individual in education (9) | Anagram of GST outside (EACH + IN) | |
| 4 | POLITICAL PARTY | |
| Albanese’s mob stuffing art policy – it upset group in parliament (9,5) | ALP inside anagram of ART POLICY IT | |
| 6 | ALONE | |
| A learner driver dealt with one without assistance (5) | A + L + ONE | |
| 7 | BREATHER | |
| Brewed herb tea before start of relaxing rest (8) | Anagram of HERB TEA + (R)elaxing | |
| 8 | CASTRATE | |
| Company fee is cut (8) | CAST + RATE | |
| 9 | FLORAL ENVELOPE | |
| Dispersed pollen over leaf, calyx and corolla of a flower (6,8) | Anagram of POLLEN OVER LEAF | |
| 15 | SMUGGLERS | |
| Head of street robbers pinching 50 mules (9) | (S)treet + MUGGERS outside L | |
| 16 | ACCIDENT | |
| Chance I’d taken, in a manner of speaking (8) | ID inside ACCENT | |
| 17 | GALLIPOT | |
| A tablet turned up in acquired medicine container (8) | (A + PILL reversed) inside GOT | |
| 19 | FORAGE | |
| Mould covering a food (6) | FORGE outside A | |
| 20 | DEFECT | |
| Head off, ignoring large failing (6) | DEFLECT minus L | |
| 22 | TROPE | |
| A figure of speech is teacher’s opening line (5) | (T)eacher + ROPE |
