| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | REMOVALIST | |
| One who helps to shift stuff left in accommodation of ruined movie star (10) | L inside anagram of MOVIE STAR | |
| 6 | SPUD | |
| Digger’s ingredients used in Christmas pudding (4) | christmaS PUDding | |
| 10 | CONGRATULATIONS | |
| Trick with fresh salt in ragout is well done (15) | CON + anagram of SALT IN RAGOUT | |
| 11 | SERENADE | |
| A nerd tangled with witness outside court (8) | SEE outside anagram of A NERD | |
| 12 | RADIO | |
| Wireless controller, a diode to some extent (5) | controlleR A DIOde | |
| 14 | RE-EDIT | |
| Make further changes and rush it! (2-4) | REED + IT | |
| 16 | STRIPPED | |
| Cleared head of security set off (8) | (S)ecurity + TRIPPED | |
| 18 | WITHERED | |
| Very dry wit that man demonstrated with colour (8) | WIT + HE + RED | |
| 20 | PERSON | |
| Soul agent sent back incomplete song (6) | REP reversed + SON(g) | |
| 22 | NINJA | |
| Road not taken by disguised Jordanian assassin (5) | Anagram of JORDANIAN minus ROAD | |
| 24 | DIRECTED | |
| Awful court journalist should be provided guidance (8) | DIRE + CT + ED | |
| 27 | PROFESSIONALISM | |
| Expertise is included in redraft of mason’s profile (15) | IS inside anagram of MASONS PROFILE | |
| 28 | NASA | |
| Rocket launcher when coated in sodium (4) | AS inside NA | |
| 29 | PRESENTERS | |
| Announcers come in flanked by journalists (10) | ENTER inside PRESS | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | ROCK | |
| Toss stone (4) | Double Definition | |
| 2 | MINCEMEAT | |
| Ground hog, say, included in meme, a portent ultimately (9) | INC inside MEME + A + porten(T) | |
| 3 | VERSE | |
| Assembled bits of clever, sensual poetry (5) | cleVER SEnsual | |
| 4 | LETHAL | |
| Formation of heat in middle of galley could be destructive (6) | Anagram of HEAT inside ga(LL)ey | |
| 5 | SOLVENT | |
| Very large outlet is financially sound (7) | SO + L + VENT | |
| 7 | PROUD | |
| Arrogant motivator bagging university (5) | PROD outside U | |
| 8 | DESPONDENT | |
| Centre of majestic pond, formed in hollow, is blue (10) | [maj(ES)tic + POND] inside DENT | |
| 9 | STARLIKE | |
| Stellar combination of right and left, one blocked by stick (8) | (R + L + I) inside STAKE | |
| 13 | DRAWING PIN | |
| Tack and win race cutting through channel (7,3) | (WIN + GP) inside DRAIN | |
| 15 | ITERATED | |
| Repeated measure described in new-fangled diet (8) | RATE inside anagram of DIET | |
| 16 | SAD | |
| Sea, oddly, died down (3) | (S)e(A) + D | |
| 17 | PASSERINE | |
| One who gets by in front of early bird (9) | PASSER + IN + (E)arly | |
| 19 | END USER | |
| Restrictions lifted from lenders outside America for product recipient (3,4) | l)ENDER(s outside US | |
| 21 | CROOKS | |
| Dishonest people should be angry mostly about fine (6) | (CROS)s outside OK | |
| 23 | NOOKS | |
| Secluded retreats with no approvals (5) | NO + OKS | |
| 25 | CHAIN | |
| Actor’s starting in prominent feature series (5) | (A)ctor inside CHIN | |
| 26 | EMUS | |
| Birds – exhibits on display in some museums (4) | somE MUSeums |
