| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BUCKLE DOWN | |
| Stud was first to have to make a determined effort (6,4) | BUCK + LED + OWN | |
| 6 | DEED | |
| Act’s text published in trade editions (4) | traDE EDitions | |
| 10 | BERMUDA TRIANGLE | |
| Mature bird changed direction in mysterious Atlantic region (7,8) | Anagram of MATURE BIRD + ANGLE | |
| 11 | LEACH | |
| Drain meadow next to church (5) | LEA + CH | |
| 12 | DELICATES | |
| Some going out infested with lice changed underwear (9) | DATES outside anagram of LICE | |
| 13 | DYNAMICS | |
| Varying levels of loudness I and many recalled in remastered CDs (8) | (I + MANY) reversed inside anagram of CDS | |
| 15 | FLIGHT | |
| Air transport’s departure (6) | Double Definition | |
| 18 | PRYING | |
| Intrusive religious activity not reflecting Paul’s second letter (6) | PRAYING minus p(A)ul | |
| 19 | RUSSIANS | |
| Issuer hasn’t reapplied without including the foreign people (8) | Anagram of ISSUER HASNT minus THE | |
| 22 | TRANSIENT | |
| Temporary service is returned in camping facility (9) | [RAN + (IS reversed)} inside TENT | |
| 24 | VESTA | |
| Match against established side from Australia (5) | V + EST + (A)ustralia | |
| 25 | AS KEEN AS MUSTARD | |
| Very enthusiastic request sends amateur all over the place (2,4,2,7) | ASK + anagram of SENDS AMATEUR | |
| 26 | EYED | |
| Region of Sydney editor looked at (4) | sydnEY EDitor | |
| 27 | BEER GARDEN | |
| Be enraged about fencing restricted area outside for drinkers (4,6) | BE + anagram of ENRAGED outside R | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BUBBLED | |
| Baby ran and gurgled (7) | BUB + BLED | |
| 2 | CERTAINTY | |
| React badly one time in New York, in fact (9) | Anagram of REACT + I + (T inside NY) | |
| 3 | LAUGH | |
| Characters in charge of onslaught crack up (5) | onsLAUGHt | |
| 4 | DEAD DUCK | |
| Failure departed with no score (4,4) | DEAD + DUCK | |
| 5 | WARMLY | |
| Guarded outside vacated mill in a friendly way? (6) | WARY outside M(il)L | |
| 7 | EIGHT | |
| Start missed by power rowing team (5) | (w)EIGHT | |
| 8 | DEEP-SET | |
| Travel quickly around heart of ghetto placed far in? (4-3) | SPEED reversed + gh(ET)to | |
| 9 | CALCULUS | |
| Ring us about copper’s problem-solving technique (8) | (CALL + US) outside CU | |
| 14 | MINISTER | |
| Fellow checking in government bigwig (8) | MISTER outside IN | |
| 16 | GRASSLAND | |
| Donkey left grazing in magnificent pasture (9) | (ASS + L) inside GRAND | |
| 17 | CUSTOMER | |
| Patron caught employer admitting to mistake initially (8) | (C + USER) outside [TO + (M)istake] | |
| 18 | PET HATE | |
| Chief object of dislike that sat in urine (3,4) | THAT inside PEE | |
| 20 | STAND-IN | |
| Offensive act taking time and reserve (5-2) | SIN outside (T + AND) | |
| 21 | DEFACE | |
| Vandalise and damage unoccupied, renovated cafe? (6) | D(amag)E + anagram of CAFE | |
| 23 | ANKLE | |
| Flanker out of bounds twisted joint? (5) | Anagram of f)LANKE(r | |
| 24 | VISTA | |
| Panorama from capital of Tibet is plastic-wrapped? (5) | T inside VISA |
