| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | HABIT | |
| High somewhat? That’s addiction (5) | H + A BIT | |
| 4 | ETRUSCANS | |
| Old Italians converted true digital images (9) | Anagram of TRUE + SCANS | |
| 9 | INSWING | |
| Movement of delivery from one state in Germany’s western part (7) | I + NSW + IN + (G)ermany | |
| 10 | SURGEON | |
| Strong desire held by son’s doctor (7) | URGE inside SON | |
| 11 | READERS DIGEST | |
| Disagreed with new layout in leisure publication (7,6) | Anagram of DISAGREED inside REST | |
| 14 | LANK | |
| Long and thin pieces of wood with trimmed ends (4) | p)LANK(s | |
| 15 | TURFED OUT | |
| Trade union, given food in disorderly retreat, may be expelled (6,3) | TU + (FED inside ROUT) | |
| 18 | SMELT A RAT | |
| Suspected something from faulty alarm test (5,1,3) | Anagram of ALARM TEST | |
| 19 | OR SO | |
| Front piece ripped from trunk roughly (2,2) | (t)ORSO | |
| 21 | INSUBORDINATE | |
| Recalcitrant is in navy vessel to speak about commotion (13) | IN + SUB +(ORATE outside DIN) | |
| 24 | ECONOMY | |
| Thrifty management company involved in distribution of money (7) | CO inside anagram of MONEY | |
| 26 | ECHIDNA | |
| Spiky creature sought refuge in field of scattered cane (7) | HID inside anagram of CANE | |
| 27 | STRANGERS | |
| Park officers at end of street with foreigners (9) | RANGERS after ST | |
| 28 | DRY UP | |
| Become unproductive as doctor committed to casual agreement (3,2) | DR + YUP | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | HAIR | |
| Filament is hot when in contact with gaseous mixture (4) | H + AIR | |
| 2 | BUSHRANGERS | |
| Coach employed by personnel angers Raiders, perhaps (11) | BUS + HR + ANGERS | |
| 3 | TRIBAL | |
| Blood group found in test related to people of common descent (6) | B inside TRIAL | |
| 4 | EGG-BEATER | |
| Kitchen appliance, for example, used by consumer from Great Britain? (3-6) | EG + GB-EATER | |
| 5 | RUSES | |
| Leader of rebellion takes advantage of cunning manoeuvres (5) | (R)ebellion + USES | |
| 6 | STRAINED | |
| Side’s opener practised under pressure (8) | (S)ide + TRAINED | |
| 7 | ATE | |
| A number heard what consumers did (3) | Sounds like EIGHT | |
| 8 | SANITATION | |
| Large farm around a home fixed up drainage system (10) | STATION outside [A + (IN reversed)] | |
| 12 | ECO-FRIENDLY | |
| Cultivated rye field once mostly green (3-8) | Anagram of (RYE FIELD ONC)e | |
| 13 | FLASHINESS | |
| Fine girl possessing sparkle and flamboyance (10) | (F + LASS) outside SHINE | |
| 16 | RETAILERS | |
| Merchants regarding realist in an unusual way (9) | RE + anagram of REALIST | |
| 17 | STUBBORN | |
| Small tub, delivered, is not flexible (8) | S + TUB + BORN | |
| 20 | HASHED | |
| He had fencing wood chopped up (6) | HED outside ASH | |
| 22 | RHYME | |
| Religious song abbreviated in the middle of free verse (5) | HYM(e) inside f(RE)e | |
| 23 | WASP | |
| Stinger was first to pounce (4) | WAS + (P)ounce | |
| 25 | OAR | |
| One rowing boat in the middle, right? (3) | b(OA)t + R |
