| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CORRESPOND | |
| Run in hearts added to pool tally (10) | R inside CORES + POND | |
| 6 | CHIT | |
| Leading member of choir reached note (4) | (C)hoir + HIT | |
| 10 | RADICAL | |
| Basic form of carbon used in composition of tyre (7) | C inside RADIAL | |
| 11 | GLOBULE | |
| Luminous appearance almost ruined blue bead (7) | GLO(w) + anagram of BLUE | |
| 12 | ANNUL | |
| Cancel yearbook lacking a section towards the back (5) | ANNU(a)L | |
| 13 | ANTARCTIC | |
| An approach cut by river near the south pole (9) | AN + TACTIC outside R | |
| 14 | EXIT POLL | |
| “Exploit wavering head of Labor” – it’s what the voters think (4,4) | Anagram of EXPLOIT + (L)abor | |
| 15 | RECIPE | |
| Price varied in line with drug’s formula (6) | Anagram of PRICE + E | |
| 18 | BUNKUM | |
| Junk with no capital value included in worthless garbage (6) | (j)UNK inside BUM | |
| 19 | COMATOSE | |
| Sleeping partner occupied by overseas company at the start (8) | (MATE outside OS) after CO | |
| 22 | LIMITLESS | |
| Undefined time left in development of missile (9) | (T + L) inside anagram of MISSILE | |
| 24 | ENEMA | |
| Hostile force almost completed a process to ensure evacuation (5) | (ENEM)y + A | |
| 25 | TANGENT | |
| Touching line, one close to peg, in tent (7) | [AN + pe(G)] inside TENT | |
| 26 | SHIP OUT | |
| Transport military personnel hit mostly in jet (4,3) | (HI)t inside SPOUT | |
| 27 | ROSY | |
| Optimistic group returned from enemy sortie (4) | enemY SORtie reversed | |
| 28 | TRANSLATED | |
| Time scheduled after service is explained (10) | T + (SLATED after RAN) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CARNAGE | |
| Murder annoying one in charge (7) | NAG inside CARE | |
| 2 | RED ENSIGN | |
| Flag secluded places in command (3,6) | DENS inside REIGN | |
| 3 | EUCALYPTUS TREE | |
| A cute pet surely chewed gum (10,4) | Anagram of A CUTE PET SURELY | |
| 4 | PALPABLE | |
| Concrete Picasso mostly painted in white (8) | (PABL)o inside PALE | |
| 5 | NIGHTS | |
| Times when people find it hard to see things at sea (6) | Anagram of THINGS | |
| 7 | HAUNT | |
| Frequently visit hospital with a member of the family (5) | H + AUNT | |
| 8 | TREACLE | |
| Last bit of breakfast cereal, mixed with syrup (7) | breakfas(T) + anagram of CEREAL | |
| 9 | SOURCE MATERIAL | |
| Original documents friend and show-off recalled after changing course (6,8) | [MATE + (LAIR reversed)] after anagram of COURSE | |
| 16 | IRONED OUT | |
| Put right function in rewritten routine (6,3) | DO inside anagram of ROUTINE | |
| 17 | ROUSES ON | |
| Reprimands wake up junior family member (6,2) | ROUSE + SON | |
| 18 | BOLSTER | |
| Support one who takes off maintaining heading of south (7) | BOLTER outside S | |
| 20 | ENACTED | |
| A court, in need, reorganised and legislated (7) | (A + CT) inside anagram of NEED | |
| 21 | HEATER | |
| Hard consumer could be warmer (6) | H + EATER | |
| 23 | MANUS | |
| Staff employed by country area of PNG (5) | MAN + US |
