| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SAT-NAV | |
| Guidance system positioned by reversing vehicle (3-3) | SAT + (VAN reversed) | |
| 4 | CLEAR-CUT | |
| Copper infiltrating corrupt cartel is definite (5-3) | CU inside anagram of CARTEL | |
| 9 | COASTAL | |
| A stone found coated in fossil fuel near the seaside (7) | (A + ST) inside COAL | |
| 11 | STEAMER | |
| A midshipman’s first in to guide vessel (7) | [A + (M)idshipman] inside STEER | |
| 12 | DELIRIUM | |
| Ecstasy one consumed in alcohol behind food store (8) | (I inside RUM) after DELI | |
| 13 | IDEALS | |
| Island occupied with agreement’s ethics (6) | IS outside DEAL | |
| 16 | BREATHING SPACE | |
| Each matter’s quietly handled by couple for rest (9,5) | (EA + THINGS + P) inside BRACE | |
| 19 | SENTIMENTALITY | |
| Treacle shipped by one character (14) | SENT + I + MENTALITY | |
| 21 | ELEVEN | |
| Team 12’s centre square? (6) | tw(EL)ve + EVEN | |
| 22 | INFANTRY | |
| Group of soldiers in cooler put to the test (8) | IN + FAN + TRY | |
| 25 | SLIPS UP | |
| Course taken by students in retreat goes wrong (5,2) | S inside (PUPILS reversed) | |
| 27 | TRUMPET | |
| Instrument representative played in perfect time (7) | MP inside TRUE + T | |
| 28 | NEGATIVE | |
| Hostile, for example, trapped in home (8) | EG inside NATIVE | |
| 29 | WEBCAM | |
| A few of us redirected cab with minute computer monitor (6) | WE + anagram of CAB + M | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SECEDE | |
| Withdraw witness bagging criminal’s primary education (6) | SEE outside [(C)riminal + ED] | |
| 2 | TRAWL | |
| Picked pieces of bait, raw liver, to catch fish (5) | baiT RAW Liver | |
| 3 | ALTERNATIVE | |
| Change local’s choice (11) | ALTER + NATIVE | |
| 5 | LAST | |
| Survive at the end (4) | Double Definition | |
| 6 | ALE | |
| Occupants of local expected an alcoholic beverage (3) | locAL Expected | |
| 7 | COME APART | |
| Break a score in golf sporting a heavenly body (4,5) | (A + PAR) inside COMET | |
| 8 | THRASHER | |
| Flood accepted by the river bird (8) | RASH inside THE + R | |
| 10 | LAUGHTER | |
| Butcher, starting late, expressed delight (8) | (s)LAUGHTER | |
| 14 | DISPLEASURE | |
| Bent pedal is certainly a cause of irritation (11) | Anagram of PEDAL IS + SURE | |
| 15 | INSTINCT | |
| Gut reaction isn’t recollected in court (8) | Anagram of ISNT + IN + CT | |
| 17 | RENDERING | |
| Finish edges of exterior in enclosure’s coat of plaster (9) | [END + (E)xterio(R)] inside RING | |
| 18 | USHERS IN | |
| Introduces drug dealer, ignoring pressure and offence (6,2) | (PUSHER minus P) + SIN | |
| 20 | SYSTEM | |
| Procedure, say, without a check (6) | SAY minus A + STEM | |
| 23 | TOPIC | |
| Detective in hospital bed recalled question (5) | PI inside (COT reversed) | |
| 24 | SPIV | |
| Important people sent back idler (4) | VIPS reversed | |
| 26 | SET | |
| Scheduled examination largely given backing (3) | (TES)t reversed |
