| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PIRACY | |
| Private investigator linked to spirited theft (6) | PI + RACY | |
| 4 | BRISTLED | |
| Prickly Englishman, crossing second, was in front (8) | (BRIT outside S) + LED | |
| 9 | RETRIAL | |
| Trio not fully represented in legitimate court action (7) | (TRI)o inside REAL | |
| 11 | CANASTA | |
| Call off all but the last part of a stag’s card game (7) | CAN + A + STA(g) | |
| 12 | MANUFACTURING | |
| Wild African gumnut? That’s fabrication (13) | Anagram of AFRICAN GUMNUT | |
| 14 | THE RAM | |
| A bit of bother – a motorway sign (3,3) | boTHER A Motorway | |
| 15 | REAPPEAR | |
| Come back to harvest fruit (8) | REAP + PEAR | |
| 18 | RUMINANT | |
| Meditative spirit in one loyal to the Queen (8) | RUN + IN + ANT | |
| 20 | ANTRUM | |
| Ant coming in contact with strange cavity (6) | ANT + RUM | |
| 23 | SOCKEYE SALMON | |
| Fish definitely included in cook’s meal upset one’s gut? (7,6) | YES inside anagram of COOKS MEAL + o(N)e | |
| 26 | EMANATE | |
| Celebrity turned and put away issue (7) | NAME reversed + ATE | |
| 27 | TORNADO | |
| Cooked tandoori mostly produced a great deal of wind (7) | Anagram of (TANDOOR)i | |
| 28 | PLEASURE | |
| Earnest appeal guaranteed satisfaction (8) | PLEA + SURE | |
| 29 | SMUTTY | |
| Dirty dog found in vacated shanty? (6) | MUTT inside S(hant)Y | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PARAMETERS | |
| Knock back newfangled steamer with limiting factors (10) | RAP reversed + anagram of STEAMER | |
| 2 | RETINUE | |
| Tenants of home unit errantly sent back suite (7) | homE UNIT ERrantly reversed | |
| 3 | CHIEFTAIN | |
| Tribal leader that is held by feet bound by chain (9) | (IE + FT) inside CHAIN | |
| 5 | RECOUPED | |
| Recovered motor car painted in a bright colour (8) | COUPE inside RED | |
| 6 | SINAI | |
| Egyptian destination some pass in Airbus (5) | pasS IN AIrbus | |
| 7 | LASAGNE | |
| Dip, in a small way, is food (7) | SAG inside LANE | |
| 8 | DEAD | |
| Pop round drug, not feeling anything (4) | DAD outside E | |
| 10 | LACE | |
| Expert behind large network (4) | ACE after L | |
| 13 | PROMONTORY | |
| Head for hill in New York after short time (10) | PRO + [(TOR inside NY) after MO] | |
| 16 | PENTAGRAM | |
| Fold label printed with animal symbol that’s magical (9) | PEN + TAG + RAM | |
| 17 | INNER EAR | |
| Winner not bound to bring up something needed for audition? (5,3) | w)INNE(r + REAR | |
| 19 | MASSAGE | |
| Mother’s learned manipulation (7) | MAS + SAGE | |
| 21 | RAMPANT | |
| A parliamentarian involved in angry tirade is uncontrollable (7) | (A + MP) inside RANT | |
| 22 | BEAT | |
| Attend a course run regularly (4) | BE AT | |
| 24 | CHAOS | |
| Carbon and oxygen, separating, experiences disorder (5) | C + (O inside HAS) | |
| 25 | TEMP | |
| Worker sometimes contacted retired coppers at the centre (4) | MET reversed + cop(P)ers |
