| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | IMPARTED | |
| Acknowledgement by one who’s separated is passed on (8) | Double Definition | |
| 5 | BARBED | |
| Rail and support used for sleeper is spiked (6) | BAR + BED | |
| 9 | PARIS | |
| European capital is following an accepted standard (5) | IS after PAR | |
| 10 | PASSED OUT | |
| Old-fashioned duo arranged time and circulated (6,3) | PASSE + anagram of DUO + T | |
| 12 | SPIN DOCTOR | |
| “New product is not without support of trade union” – public relations expert (4,6) | Anagram of PRODUCT IS NOT minus TU | |
| 13 | IDLE | |
| A number of well-paid lecturers could be jobless (4) | wellpaID LEcturers | |
| 15 | DEMENTED | |
| Soldiers, with time in action, cracked (8) | (MEN + T) inside DEED | |
| 16 | DAINTY | |
| Interest accrued in a period of time is fine (6) | INT inside DAY | |
| 18 | WINGER | |
| Boundary rider and bowler dismissing opener (6) | (s)WINGER | |
| 19 | VENDETTA | |
| Long-term battle’s resolution, accepted by beastly doctor with thanks (8) | (END inside VET) + TA | |
| 22 | SPAY | |
| Doctor is last to assess earnings (4) | asses(S) + PAY | |
| 23 | RAN THROUGH | |
| Extravagant speech, hard and unpleasant, should be reviewed (3,7) | RANT + H + ROUGH | |
| 25 | PRIVILEGE | |
| Puritan, injected with vile drug, is right (9) | PRIG outside VILE + E | |
| 26 | ADDLE | |
| Make rotten oars with ends not attached (5) | p)ADDLE(s | |
| 27 | CANCER | |
| Car passed around one leaving nice house (6) | CAR outside N(i)CE | |
| 28 | RECHARGE | |
| Ordered archer back, say, to reload (8) | Anagram of ARCHER + (EG reversed) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | IMPOSED | |
| Modified model of moped is introduced without asking (7) | Anagram of MOPED IS | |
| 2 | PARLIAMENTARIAN | |
| Father and animal trainer corrupted a government worker (15) | PA + anagram of ANIMAL TRAINER | |
| 3 | RESIDENCES | |
| Places new-fangled screen around boundary (10) | Anagram of SCREEN outside SIDE | |
| 4 | EXPECTED | |
| Old friend went to the toilet outside court as anticipated (8) | (EX + PEED) outside CT | |
| 6 | AREA | |
| Career man regularly recalled field of study (4) | c(A)r(E)e(R) m(A)n reversed | |
| 7 | BLOOD-AND-THUNDER | |
| Violent do had not developed into a big mistake (5-3-7) | Anagram of DO HAD NOT inside BLUNDER | |
| 8 | DITHERY | |
| Hobbyist’s work clipping the roses at first is indecisive (7) | DIY outside [THE + (R)oses)] | |
| 11 | SHOW | |
| Demonstrate hydrogen generated in plant (4) | H inside SOW | |
| 14 | BALDERDASH | |
| Ladder, repaired in good time, is trash (10) | Anagram of LADDER inside BASH | |
| 17 | AESTHETE | |
| Estate not normally occupied by male culture-vulture (8) | Anagram of ESTATE outside HE | |
| 18 | WESTPAC | |
| Bank’s established limit set up after end of review (7) | [EST + (CAP reversed)] after revie(W) | |
| 20 | ATHLETE | |
| A let admitted by the tennis player possibly (7) | A + LET inside THE | |
| 21 | CANE | |
| Length of plastic, an everyday walking-stick (4) | plastiC AN Everyday | |
| 24 | MILE | |
| Corrupted email missing a great deal (4) | Anagram of EMAIL minus A |
