| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | REASSIGNED | |
| Was king, say, riding donkey, given a new job? (10) | REIGNED outside ASS | |
| 6 | AGES | |
| Passengers in carriage sat a long time? (4) | carriAGE Sat | |
| 10 | FORUM | |
| Public meeting in favour of sharing a letter with spirit (5) | FO(R/R)UM | |
| 11 | EVENTUATE | |
| Give rise to fair trade union at opening of exhibition (9) | EVEN + TU + AT + (E)xhibition | |
| 12 | STALLING | |
| Everyone involved in swindle is playing for time (8) | ALL inside STING | |
| 13 | ACQUIT | |
| Release most of English money listed in deed (6) | (QUI)d inside ACT | |
| 15 | SEE FIT | |
| Choose it after returning service charges (3,3) | IT after (FEES reversed) | |
| 16 | RESOLVE | |
| Lovers lacking cohesion and energy break up (7) | Anagram of LOVERS + E | |
| 18 | ONE | |
| A single person came through in speech (3) | Sounds like WON | |
| 19 | TERRAIN | |
| Land turtle giving up quietly (7) | TERRAPIN minus P | |
| 21 | ABODES | |
| A builder primarily does renovated dwellings (6) | A + (B)uilder + anagram of DOES | |
| 24 | AUDITS | |
| “Our currency is holding” – head of Treasury’s account inspections (6) | AUD + [IS outside (T)reasury] | |
| 25 | GRUESOME | |
| Awful rogues tortured men before the end (8) | Anagram of ROGUES + (ME)n | |
| 27 | EXCURSION | |
| Cruise upset about kiss on pleasure trip (9) | Anagram of CRUISE outside X + ON | |
| 28 | HORSE | |
| Mount is rough according to report (5) | Sounds like HOARSE | |
| 29 | SOLE | |
| The Sound of Music alone (4) | Sounds like SOUL | |
| 30 | TELEGRAPHY | |
| Revolutionary therapy supporting leg – it’s all done with wires (10) | Anagram of THERAPY outside LEG | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | REFUSE | |
| Junk is put back together? (6) | Double Definition | |
| 2 | ACREAGE | |
| Sabotaged gear found buried in great area of land (7) | Anagram of GEAR inside ACE | |
| 3 | SIMPLE FRACTURE | |
| Femur particles complicated break in bone (6,8) | Anagram of FEMUR PARTICLES | |
| 4 | GREENSTONE | |
| Geologist initially enters broadcast with one variety of jade (10) | (G)eologist + anagram of ENTERS + ONE | |
| 5 | EYES | |
| They look east, no doubt (4) | E + YES | |
| 7 | GRADUAL | |
| Reappointed guard given a little latitude is slow (7) | Anagram of GUARD + A + L | |
| 8 | SHEATHED | |
| Part of race held in building outside should be covered (8) | HEAT inside SHED | |
| 9 | STICKS TOGETHER | |
| Pieces of wood got packaged up with three different glues (6,8) | STICKS + (GOT reversed) + anagram of THREE | |
| 14 | PREARRANGE | |
| Organise early start for paratroopers behind mountains (10) | (P)aratroopers + REAR + RANGE | |
| 17 | STEAMERS | |
| Pilots guided around a thousand ships (8) | STEERS outside (A + M) | |
| 20 | RADICAL | |
| Revolutionary form of carbon used in composition of tyre (7) | C inside RADIAL | |
| 22 | EGO-TRIP | |
| Self-indulgence with drugs got linked to split (3-4) | E + GOT + RIP | |
| 23 | REMEDY | |
| Medication, moderately treated, lacking a lot (6) | Anagram of MODERATELY minus (A LOT) | |
| 26 | MINE | |
| Dig out quantity of aluminium in excavation (4) | aluminiuM IN Excavation |
