| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SCULPT | |
| Pressure in small religious group to do creative work (6) | P inside (S + CULT) | |
| 5 | FRIGATE | |
| Ship’s appointed lot carrying equipment (7) | FATE outside RIG | |
| 10 | ATTENTION | |
| Treatment at temporary shelter is not completely feasible (9) | AT + TENT + I(s) + ON | |
| 11 | HOP IT | |
| Leave operation wearing belt (3,2) | OP inside HIT | |
| 12 | SUMMER | |
| Caller missing out on warm time (6) | SUMMONER minus ON | |
| 13 | STARTLER | |
| Wingless fly found in soup maybe – what a shocker? (8) | f)L(y inside STARTER | |
| 15 | LARD | |
| Part of regular diet is fat (4) | reguLAR Diet | |
| 16 | RECOGNISED | |
| Known variety of green cod spotted on both sides of island (10) | Anagram of GREEN COD outside IS | |
| 19 | BONESETTER | |
| One’s nursed by improving osteopath (10) | ONES inside BETTER | |
| 20 | DIGS | |
| Likes local accommodation (4) | Double Definition | |
| 23 | CURTAINS | |
| Mongrel soiled satin furnishings (8) | CUR + anagram of SATIN | |
| 25 | PETROL | |
| Special part cut off overseas gas (6) | PET +ROL(e) | |
| 27 | LIBRA | |
| House built originally in old capital of Italy (5) | (B)uilt inside LIRA | |
| 28 | PALLADIUM | |
| Metal item worn by the Pope holding notice (9) | PALLIUM outside AD | |
| 29 | RETREAT | |
| Go back to doctor again (7) | Double Definition | |
| 30 | SPLASH | |
| Prominently display special tie (6) | SP + LASH | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | CATAMARAN | |
| Jaguar, say, a mother handled with craft (9) | CAT + A + MA + RAN | |
| 3 | LENDER | |
| Bank a million stolen from corrupt aldermen (6) | Anagram of ALDERMEN minus (A + M) | |
| 4 | TRIM | |
| Endless fun – running around spruce? (4) | MIRT(h) reversed | |
| 5 | FUNCTIONED | |
| Served notice informally in store (10) | Anagram of NOTICE inside FUND | |
| 6 | INHERENT | |
| Native is in this place, a part of Australia (8) | IN + HERE + NT | |
| 7 | AMPOL | |
| New kind of oil lamp not catering for one large fuel supplier (5) | Anagram of OIL LAMP minus (I + L) | |
| 8 | ENTERED | |
| Teen, tipsy with wine, was intrusive (7) | Anagram of TEEN + RED | |
| 9 | VASSAL | |
| Dependant, in opposition to a girl, stood up (6) | V + A + (LASS reversed) | |
| 14 | MELTING POT | |
| Last bit of chemical, in unusual pigment, returned to crucible (7,3) | [chemica(L) inside anagram of PIGMENT] + TO reversed | |
| 17 | SKI TRAILS | |
| Sketch supports for train tracks found in mountainous areas (3,6) | SKIT + RAILS | |
| 18 | ESCALATE | |
| Escape a recent increase in intensity (8) | ESC + A + LATE | |
| 19 | BUCKLER | |
| Elk with young, moved up river for protection (7) | (ELK + CUB) reversed + R | |
| 21 | SALAMI | |
| I’m returning after large amount of salad and sausage (6) | IM reversed after (SALA)d | |
| 22 | RECALL | |
| Remember everything at end of record (6) | ALL after REC | |
| 24 | ROBOT | |
| Factory worker, perhaps, born inside base (5) | B inside ROOT | |
| 26 | ILLS | |
| Problems learner repeated in middle of cruising (4) | (L + L) inside cru(IS)ing |
