| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | TUNGSTEN | |
| Modified guns, 10, finishing off leader of terrorist element (8) | (Anagram of GUNS + TEN) after (T)errorist | |
| 5 | ADDS UP | |
| Dad made tipsy by drink makes sense (4,2) | Anagram of DAD + SUP | |
| 10 | INTER | |
| Bury artist with no father (5) | PAINTER minus PA | |
| 11 | EXPOSITOR | |
| Sit flanked by former partner and poor interpreter (9) | SIT inside (EX + POOR) | |
| 12 | SPRINGTIME | |
| School principal engaging in great period of growth (10) | (S + PRIME) outside (IN + GT) | |
| 13 | TARO | |
| Taproot, once out of pot, is edible stuff (4) | TA(p)R(o)O(t) | |
| 15 | POLITE | |
| Refined Information Technology installed in an extreme location (6) | IT inside POLE | |
| 16 | LEGALISM | |
| Support reformation of Islam’s strict adherence to law (8) | LEG + anagram of ISLAM | |
| 17 | HAD | |
| Experienced firm giving up right (3) | HARD minus R | |
| 18 | SHIVERED | |
| Small producer of honey wine reacted to the cold (8) | S + HIVE + RED | |
| 19 | PRUNED | |
| Trimmed lead in gym died (6) | RUN inside PE + D | |
| 21 | I SAY | |
| Expression of surprise is a guy’s last (1,3) | IS + A + gu(Y) | |
| 22 | STRETCH OUT | |
| Be sick getting stuck into beer, and relax (7,3) | RETCH inside STOUT | |
| 25 | INTRUDERS | |
| Trespassers turned roughly right in the centre of island (9) | (Anagram of TURNED + R) inside IS | |
| 26 | TRESS | |
| Lock opener released from pressure (5) | (s)TRESS | |
| 27 | THRASH | |
| Defeat is not accepted in this series (6) | THIS minus IS + RASH | |
| 28 | ONE-DAYER | |
| Head of organisation arranged year-end game of cricket (3-5) | (O)rganisation + anagram of YEAR END | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | TRIES | |
| Goes with English politicians giving nothing away (5) | TORIES minus O | |
| 2 | NATURAL DISASTER | |
| Supermarket chain invested in restaurants all over the place – what a catastrophe! (7,8) | ALDI inside anagram of RESTAURANTS | |
| 3 | STRENGTHEN | |
| Stern battered by bow of galleon? Then reinforce! (10) | Anagram of STERN + (G)alleon + THEN | |
| 4 | EVENTS | |
| Artiste finally releases episodes (6) | artist(E) + VENTS | |
| 6 | DOSE | |
| Manage sex, largely with some Viagra, perhaps? (4) | DO +(SE)x | |
| 7 | SITUATION COMEDY | |
| TV programme’s approach in a tiny studio varied (9,6) | COME inside anagram of A TINY STUDIO | |
| 8 | PERFORMED | |
| Accomplished agent returned for medical (9) | REP reversed + FOR + MED | |
| 9 | SPAMMED | |
| Distributed junk email went quickly over a short distance (7) | SPED outside (A + MM) | |
| 14 | FABRICATED | |
| Bacteria formed in empty food container may be cooked up? (10) | Anagram of BACTERIA inside F(oo)D | |
| 15 | PESSIMIST | |
| Worrier is following young lady about in a bad mood (9) | [IS after (MISS reversed)] inside PET | |
| 16 | LAD | |
| Young man and woman not going all the way (3) | (LAD)y | |
| 17 | HEATHER | |
| Find out information about the growth in exposed areas (7) | HEAR outside THE | |
| 20 | PEPSIN | |
| Energy’s in digestive enzyme (6) | PEPS + IN | |
| 23 | TASER | |
| Piece carried by sergeant, a seriously shocking weapon (5) | sergeanT A SERiously | |
| 24 | GUTS | |
| Guest, dropping ecstasy, ordered spirit (4) | Anagram of GU(e)ST |
