| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | COMPLICATION | |
| Canberra’s primary politician in Coalition corrected problem (12) | (C)anberra + MP inside anagram of COALITION | |
| 9 | LINEN | |
| Threads of material in English fabric? (5) | materiaL IN ENglish | |
| 10 | SORTILEGE | |
| Character that is crossing stage is magic (9) | SORT + (IE outside LEG) | |
| 11 | PLEASE | |
| Want parking linked to rental agreement (6) | P + LEASE | |
| 12 | VEGEMITE | |
| Spread vegetables and throw out last of manure (8) | VEG + EMIT + manur(E) | |
| 13 | OH DEAR | |
| Ring judge about defendant’s initial statement of regret (2,4) | (O + HEAR) outside (D)efendant | |
| 15 | DEAD LIFT | |
| Lad worked with one in skilful strongman’s exercise (4,4) | (Anagram of LAD + I) inside DEFT | |
| 18 | BRACELET | |
| Handcuff celeb nearly punching naughty child (8) | CELE(b) inside BRAT | |
| 19 | DANGER | |
| Drive round the bend past back of sand hazard (6) | ANGER after san(D) | |
| 21 | SECURITY | |
| Leading selection of residents in city use modified safety measures (8) | (R)esidents inside anagram of CITY USE | |
| 23 | UNUSED | |
| Re-write of Dune distributed across America is still available (6) | Anagram of DUNE outside US | |
| 26 | IN RESERVE | |
| One with courage checking resolution set aside (2,7) | (I + NERVE) outside RES | |
| 27 | SALSA | |
| Dance mix that’s spicy (5) | Double Definition | |
| 28 | INCANDESCENT | |
| In container, dip is brilliant (12) | IN + CAN + DESCENT | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CALYPSO | |
| Song transformed plays, in view of company (7) | Anagram of PLAYS inside CO | |
| 2 | MANGE | |
| Fellow gets 50% off problem with hair-loss (5) | MAN + GE(ts) | |
| 3 | LANDSCAPE | |
| Large and small promontory – the work of an artist, maybe (9) | L + AND + S + CAPE | |
| 4 | CASE | |
| A doctor looks after one’s chest (4) | Double Definition | |
| 5 | TARGETED | |
| Contract used in development of trade is given special attention (8) | GET inside anagram of TRADE | |
| 6 | ON ICE | |
| Waiting rooms at the centre swell (2,3) | ro(O)ms + NICE | |
| 7 | DECIDING | |
| Principal with cold brought up minor accident (8) | ICED reversed + DING | |
| 8 | DETECT | |
| Brief put off court to undertake discovery (6) | DETE(r) + CT | |
| 14 | DRAWCARD | |
| Green car in middle of puddle is a crowd puller (8) | (RAW + CAR) inside pu(DD)le | |
| 16 | DIAGNOSIS | |
| Spoke about one song raised with determination (9) | [SAID outside (I + SONG)} reversed | |
| 17 | REST AREA | |
| Street in behind each motorist’s stopping place (4,4) | ST inside REAR + EA | |
| 18 | BUSKIN | |
| Perform on the street in old footwear (6) | BUSK + IN | |
| 20 | RADIANT | |
| Bright helper stood up in talk, in a self-important way (7) | AID reversed inside RANT | |
| 22 | RISEN | |
| Contribution of donor is enormously increased? (5) | donoR IS ENormously | |
| 24 | SOLVE | |
| Work out one divided by five (5) | SOLE outside V | |
| 25 | READ | |
| Understand what’s written on public notice (4) | RE + AD |
