| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | GASWORKS | |
| Supplier of fuel gauges originally asks about line switched around (8) | [(G)auges + ASKS] outside (ROW reversed) | |
| 5 | TRAGIC | |
| Catastrophic temperature and smoke returned (6) | T + (CIGAR reversed) | |
| 10 | AILMENT | |
| Resistance is futile in treatment of terminal disease (7) | Anagram of TERMINAL minus R | |
| 11 | OBVIATE | |
| Counter is relocated above it (7) | Anagram of ABOVE IT | |
| 12 | EARTH | |
| Some corn is extracted from this ground (5) | EAR + (THIS minus IS) | |
| 13 | EXTENSION | |
| Phone number withdrawn beginning with 16? That’s not right! (9) | Anagram of SIXTEEN + NO reversed | |
| 14 | BUSINESS TRIP | |
| Vehicles accommodating popular band’s work travel (8,4) | BUSES outside IN + STRIP | |
| 18 | PLACE SETTING | |
| Networks checked by close contact – it’s consuming stuff (5,7) | LACES inside PETTING | |
| 21 | ASSIDUOUS | |
| Hard-working American tailing fool and one couple (9) | US after (ASS + I + DUO) | |
| 23 | SNAKE | |
| Reptile’s tail of skin preserved in alcohol (5) | ski(N) inside SAKE | |
| 24 | KNOWING | |
| Astute leader seen around at the moment (7) | KING outside NOW | |
| 25 | AROUSED | |
| Excited baron, out of bounds, took drugs? (7) | b)ARO(n + USED | |
| 26 | TIERED | |
| Flagging laid around back of house in rows (6) | TIRED outside hous(E) | |
| 27 | ADDENDUM | |
| Commercial study to drop unfinished supplement (8) | AD + DEN + DUM(p) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | GRAVEL | |
| Rock fragments left behind burial site (6) | L after GRAVE | |
| 2 | SALARY | |
| Mention accepting 60% of large payment for work (6) | SAY outside (LAR)ge | |
| 3 | OPEN HOUSE | |
| Phone troubled owner primarily to go through real estate inspection (4,5) | Anagram of PHONE + (O)wner + USE | |
| 4 | KATHERINE GORGE | |
| Greek region that greatly transformed NT tourist destination (9,5) | Anagram of (GREEK REGION THA)t | |
| 6 | RAVEN | |
| Crow is yellow except for head (5) | (c)RAVEN | |
| 7 | GLACIERS | |
| Random glitches are missing the slow movers (8) | Anagram of GLITCHES ARE minus THE | |
| 8 | CLEAN-UPS | |
| Ian Kiernan organised these containers taken around to tip (5-3) | CUPS outside LEAN | |
| 9 | ROTTNEST ISLAND | |
| Spoil model sent around large and popular WA destination (8,6) | ROT + [(SIT + SENT) reversed] + L + AND | |
| 15 | SANDSTONE | |
| Spain, oddly, doesn’t broadcast rock (9) | (S)p(A)i(N) + anagram of DOESNT | |
| 16 | UP-MARKET | |
| University favourite acquiring spot that’s exclusive (2-6) | (U + PET) outside MARK | |
| 17 | CAPSTONE | |
| One completing revision of pacts is coping (8) | ONE after anagram of PACTS | |
| 19 | PASSED | |
| Old-fashioned diamonds must be approved (6) | PASSE + D | |
| 20 | SELDOM | |
| Security concerns raised about Denmark’s leader rarely (6) | MOLES reversed outside (D)enmark | |
| 22 | DRIVE | |
| Transport large amount of rubbish (5) | (DRIVE)l |
