| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BUSHCRAFT | |
| Bus and hire car float? Such Australian know-how! (9) | BUS + HC + RAFT | |
| 6 | COAST | |
| Sail cover snagged on pole (5) | COAT outside S(outh) | |
| 9 | STIRRUP | |
| Runs in to stimulate support for rider (7) | R inside STIR UP | |
| 10 | TEAPOTS | |
| Soft drink mostly carried by milk suppliers and brewers (7) | (PO)p inside TEATS | |
| 11 | CROWN | |
| Rook close to fallen king (5) | CROW + falle(N) | |
| 12 | OBSTINATE | |
| Persistent botanist replanted eucalypts at the front (9) | Anagram oif BOTANTIST + (E)ucalypts | |
| 14 | RYE | |
| Shareholders of distillery evaluated whisky? (3) | distilleRY Evaluated | |
| 15 | CORNERSTONE | |
| Preserve deformed trees on groundwork (11) | CORN + anagram of TREES ON | |
| 17 | IN THE SADDLE | |
| Leading site handled poorly (2,3,6) | Anagram of SITE HANDLED | |
| 19 | PAT | |
| Some butter, maybe, and a lot of fancy spread (3) | (PAT)e | |
| 20 | SOUR CREAM | |
| Make a lot of noise about our fermented product (4,5) | SCREAM outside OUR | |
| 22 | MATHS | |
| Academic one pulled out of this school subject (5) | MA + (THIS minus I) | |
| 24 | ABATING | |
| Dropping off a container of preserves sealed in bag (7) | A + (TIN inside BAG) | |
| 26 | TARTARE | |
| Saucy thing could be biting ear, strangely (7) | TART + anagram of EAR | |
| 27 | EXILE | |
| Old friend that is hugging large deportee (5) | EX + (IE outside L) | |
| 28 | STRANGLED | |
| Learner, sitting in unfamiliar Datsun at the front, throttled (9) | L inside STRANGE + (D)atsun | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BASIC | |
| Key is needed in hire car travelling around (5) | (IS inside CAB) reversed | |
| 2 | SKI POLE | |
| Sleep in one with stock (3,4) | KIP inside SOLE | |
| 3 | CHRONICLE | |
| Record carbon absorbed by unstable chlorine (9) | C inside anagram of CHLORINE | |
| 4 | APPROPRIATE | |
| Suitable software or withdrawn development of pirate? (11) | APP + (RO reversed) + anagram of PIRATE | |
| 5 | TAT | |
| Tasteless things upset a teacher to some extent (3) | upseT A Teacher | |
| 6 | COATI | |
| Relative of the raccoon, one found on south side of hide (5) | I after COAT | |
| 7 | AVOCADO | |
| Fruit and eggs served up cold before a function (7) | OVA reversed + C + A + DO | |
| 8 | TASTE TEST | |
| Newly-formed state, ahead of time, established consumer research (5,4) | Anagram of STATE + T + EST | |
| 13 | SPEEDOMETER | |
| Pressure in plant distorted remote device that measures velocity (11) | P inside SEED + anagram of REMOTE | |
| 14 | REINSTATE | |
| Bring back check, say (9) | REIN + STATE | |
| 16 | STEAM IRON | |
| Gentleman, taking competitive group on, could be smoother (5,4) | (SIR outside TEAM)+ ON | |
| 18 | TSUNAMI | |
| Emission from midnight sun, a minute wave? (7) | midnighT SUN A MInute | |
| 19 | PITFALL | |
| Dose of medicine spread on the outside of fat, cooked snag (7) | PILL outside anagram of FAT | |
| 21 | CHIME | |
| Ring that man placed in centre of bracelet (5) | HIM inside bra(CE)let | |
| 23 | SPEND | |
| Lay out page in dispatch (5) | P inside SEND | |
| 25 | GAS | |
| Drop over some fuel (3) | SAG reversed |
