| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | GOT AHEAD | |
| Advanced dotage has greatly developed (3,5) | Anagram of (DOTAGE HA)s | |
| 5 | THONGS | |
| Lots of people without right footwear (6) | THRONGS minus R | |
| 10 | OMEGA | |
| The conclusion is nothing great (5) | O + MEGA | |
| 11 | TAILGATED | |
| Closely followed a car agitated about keeping left (9) | Anagram of AGITATED outside L | |
| 12 | ATMOSPHERE | |
| Character redirected spam to this place (10) | Anagram of SPAM TO + HERE | |
| 13 | GO ON | |
| Last man hired by a gangster (2,2) | Double Definition (of sorts) | |
| 15 | SLUR | |
| Discredit reversal of rules excluding ecstasy (4) | RULES reversed minus E | |
| 16 | STILLNESS | |
| Stumped by disease’s lack of activity (9) | ST + ILLNESS | |
| 18 | ESTONIANS | |
| English schoolboys boarded by south European people (9) | S inside ETONIANS | |
| 20 | ARMY | |
| Military unit misplaced chap leaving pharmacy (4) | PHARMACY minus anagram of CHAP | |
| 23 | TYPO | |
| Mistake acknowledged by section of security police (4) | securiTY POlice | |
| 24 | FIRE WARDEN | |
| Emergency worker, one offered money in Chinese capital (4,6) | (I + REWARD) inside FEN | |
| 26 | EMOLUMENT | |
| University people, staying in motel, distributed profit arising from employment (9) | (U + MEN) inside anagram of MOTEL | |
| 27 | KNAVE | |
| Characters from furniture van kindly put back jack (5) | furniturE VAN Kindly | |
| 28 | SETTER | |
| Times invested in visionary crossword creator? (6) | (T+T) inside SEER | |
| 29 | WRETCHED | |
| Despicable end of show was sick (8) | sho(W) + RETCHED | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | GLOBAL | |
| International court action handled by American girl (6) | LOB inside GAL | |
| 2 | THERMAL | |
| Dynamic lifter that is not included in mixture of earth and lime (7) | Anagram of (EARTH + LIME) minus IE | |
| 3 | HEADSTRONG | |
| The Dragons facing upheaval may be foolhardy (10) | Anagram of THE DRAGONS | |
| 4 | ANTIHISTAMINES | |
| She maintains it altered drugs taken to combat an allergic reaction (14) | Anagram of SHE MAINTAINS IT | |
| 6 | HIGH | |
| Friendly welcome uttered on drugs (4) | Sounds like HI | |
| 7 | NOT DONE | |
| Time taken up by affirmative action one generally frowned upon (3,4) | T inside NOD + ONE | |
| 8 | SUDANESE | |
| Africans take action against imprisoning Europeans (8) | SUE outside DANES | |
| 9 | AIR-RAID SHELTER | |
| Irish art dealer refused protection from attacks? (3-4,7) | Anagram of IRISH ART DEALER | |
| 14 | FLEA MARKET | |
| A standard maintained by nimble street seller (4,6) | (A + MARK) inside FLEET | |
| 17 | FEATHERS | |
| Concerns about the growth of birds (8) | FEARS outside THE | |
| 19 | TAPROOT | |
| A professional taken in by youngster – it’s essential for growth (7) | (A + PRO) inside TOT | |
| 21 | MUDBATH | |
| Played dumb at hot outdoor event held in grimy conditions (7) | Anagram of DUMB AT + H | |
| 22 | INTEND | |
| One part of Australia complete with plan (6) | I + NT + END | |
| 25 | FUSE | |
| Put together ignition line (4) | Double Definition |
