| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | INTROS | |
| Trendy class recalled opening passages of music (6) | IN + (SORT reversed) | |
| 4 | IMMORTAL | |
| Unforgettable time spent in base (8) | T inside IMMORAL | |
| 10 | MYSTERIES | |
| Strange events televised initially in my long-running TV program (9) | (T)elevised inside (MY SERIES) | |
| 11 | ALL-IN | |
| Exhausted, a large duck turned back (3-2) | A + L + (NIL reversed) | |
| 12 | TEENAGE | |
| Juvenile is far away from a free agent after change of management (7) | Anagram of A FREE AGENT minus FAR | |
| 13 | EXACTOR | |
| Former player is demanding one (7) | EX + ACTOR | |
| 14 | ROSTI | |
| Serving of crostini is a tasty dish (5) | cROSTIni | |
| 15 | CARNIVAL | |
| Four involved in erotic merrymaking (8) | IV inside CARNAL | |
| 18 | LIBERALS | |
| Politicians start to brag in organised rallies (8) | (B)rag inside anagram of RALLIES | |
| 20 | FATWA | |
| Rich state’s religious decree (5) | FAT + WA | |
| 23 | ACROBAT | |
| A tumbler and a mug kept on board boat (7) | A + (ROB inside CAT) | |
| 25 | NETTING | |
| Clearing gauze, for example (7) | Double Definition | |
| 26 | HOIST | |
| Give a lift to one engaged by media personality (5) | I inside HOST | |
| 27 | ELEVATION | |
| Amount of oxygen inhaled by the Spanish native changed with altitude (9) | O inside (EL + anagram of NATIVE) | |
| 28 | MASONITE | |
| Son and I invested in partner’s particle board (8) | (SON + I) inside MATE | |
| 29 | BENGAL | |
| Indian material being manufactured without iodine and aluminium (6) | Anagram of BEING minus I + AL | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | IMMATURE | |
| Shut up about a tense adolescent (8) | IMMURE outside (A + T) | |
| 2 | TOSSERS | |
| Stores distributed small pitchers (7) | Anagram of STORES + S | |
| 3 | OPERATIVE | |
| Ring private involved with drug running (9) | O + anagram of PRIVATE + E | |
| 5 | MISREPRESENTED | |
| Agent disliked after M is portrayed falsely (14) | (REP + RESENTED) after (M + IS) | |
| 6 | OSAKA | |
| Centre of Hirosaki, also known as a Japanese port (5) | hir(OS)aki + AKA | |
| 7 | TELSTRA | |
| Service provider raised rent and upset star (7) | LET reversed + anagram of STAR | |
| 8 | LONERS | |
| UK capitalists losing support of fellow mavericks (6) | LONDONER minus DON | |
| 9 | DISENCHANTMENT | |
| People bitten by insect hadn’t prepared for revulsion (14) | MEN inside anagram of INSECT HADNT | |
| 16 | INFATUATE | |
| Captivate a trade union imprisoned by popular appointed lot (9) | (A + TU) inside (IN + FATE) | |
| 17 | MARGINAL | |
| Reset alarm fixed to the outside of trap on the edge (8) | Anagram of ALARM outside GIN | |
| 19 | IN RUINS | |
| A rising sun, emitting gas erratically, may be falling apart (2,5) | Anagram of A RISING SUN minus GAS | |
| 21 | TAILING | |
| Tradesperson’s work securing a following (7) | TILING outside A | |
| 22 | FATHOM | |
| Get to the bottom of large dwelling not quite finished (6) | FAT + HOM(e) | |
| 24 | BATON | |
| Keep scoring runs for small club (5) | BAT ON |
