| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SCUTCH | |
| Brickie’s tool cut opening in concrete in silence (6) | [CUT + (C)oncrete] inside SH | |
| 5 | CATERER | |
| Nurse taking tea discounted by a food provider (7) | CARER outside (TEA minus A) | |
| 10 | RERUN | |
| Turner, losing time, reviewed old program? (5) | Anagram of TURNER minus T | |
| 11 | REALIGNED | |
| Was king, accepting all, largely straightened out? (9) | REIGNED outside (AL)l | |
| 12 | UNLEADED PETROL | |
| Escort, garaged by elder, put on refined fuel (8,6) | LEAD inside anagram of ELDER PUT ON | |
| 13 | DUAL | |
| Sing the praises of retired twin (4) | LAUD reversed | |
| 14 | INFERNAL | |
| In plant, a learner is extremely annoying (8) | IN + FERN + A + L | |
| 18 | DETERRED | |
| Discouraged detective made a mistake (8) | DET + ERRED | |
| 20 | BOOM | |
| Pick up big pole attached to sail (4) | Double Definition | |
| 24 | SERVICE STATION | |
| Car’s final defects handled by group at one working garage (7,7) | [ca(R) + VICES] inside SET + AT + I + ON | |
| 26 | TEST DRIVE | |
| Shot played against international bowler’s spin? (4,5) | Double Definition | |
| 27 | STINT | |
| Period pieces collected by Justin Trudeau (5) | juSTIN Trudeau | |
| 28 | DUNEDIN | |
| A pile of sand moved finally in NZ port (7) | DUNE + move(D) + IN | |
| 29 | LINKED | |
| Last part of manual written with pen should be attached (6) | manua(L) + INKED | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | COROLLA | |
| Company applied to register a floral envelope (7) | CO + ROLL + A | |
| 3 | TONGAN | |
| BBQ tool mostly used by an islander (6) | (TONG)s + AN | |
| 4 | HARDEN | |
| Reinforce a road cutting through layer (6) | (A + RD) inside HEN | |
| 5 | CLAPPING | |
| Championship’s leader, running around, is acknowledging a good performance (8) | (C)hampionship + LAPPING | |
| 6 | THIRTEEN | |
| Right golf equipment needed entering narrow hole possibly (8) | (R + TEE) inside THIN | |
| 7 | RANGOON | |
| Old Asian capital managed to move forward (7) | RAN + GO ON | |
| 8 | RIDE | |
| Travel papers shown in middle of arrest (4) | ID inside ar(RE)st | |
| 9 | GROUNDED | |
| Crushed journalist is suspended from usual activity (8) | GROUND + ED | |
| 15 | LAMINATE | |
| Cover a minister put in at the last second (8) | (A + MIN) inside LATE | |
| 16 | PROVIDED | |
| Demonstrated carrying identification supplied (8) | PROVED outside ID | |
| 17 | REACTION | |
| Oxygen needed in varying certain laboratory process (8) | O inside anagram of CERTAIN | |
| 19 | TREASON | |
| Pay for, not totally, son’s act of betrayal (7) | (TREA)t + SON | |
| 21 | OLIVINE | |
| Rock violin redesigned by ELO’s original member (7) | Anagram of VIOLIN + (E)lo | |
| 22 | AS WELL | |
| To boot a balloon (2,4) | A + SWELL | |
| 23 | PARSON | |
| Minister’s unlawful firing after opening of parliament (6) | ARSON after (P)arliament | |
| 25 | STUD | |
| Colt producer curtailed research (4) | STUD(y) |
