| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | RIGHT ANGLE | |
| Part of a square rig tied with hard knot (5,5) | RIG + H + TANGLE | |
| 6 | MULE | |
| Shoe uppers might be carried by one (4) | Double Definition | |
| 9 | MASON | |
| Builder is well accepted by people generally (5) | SO inside MAN | |
| 10 | WINDSWEPT | |
| Messy twists revealed sadness (9) | WINDS + WEPT | |
| 12 | AGREEING | |
| A conservationist accepting one thousand dollars for reaching a settlement (8) | [(A + GREEN) outside I] + G | |
| 13 | GROCER | |
| Shop owner returned recording with noise reduction? (6) | (RECORDING reversed) minus DIN | |
| 15 | TIER | |
| Drop in sound level (4) | Sounds like TEAR | |
| 16 | THE DOORS | |
| US rock group’s act accepted by others? Not exactly (3,5) | DO inside anagram of OTHERS | |
| 19 | STOP DEAD | |
| Despot ordered publicity freeze (4,4) | Anagram of DESPOT + AD | |
| 20 | VALE | |
| Farewell drink downed after five (4) | ALE after V | |
| 23 | AIRBAG | |
| It contains inflation in the event of a crash (6) | Cryptic Definition | |
| 24 | TREELESS | |
| Swimmer caught in lock without trunks apparently? (8) | EEL inside TRESS | |
| 26 | BATTERIES | |
| Energy needed in club troubles suppliers of electricity (9) | E inside (BAT + TRIES) | |
| 27 | LIMIT | |
| Check stock of local imitations (5) | locaL IMITations | |
| 28 | RUSE | |
| Get through after juggler’s last trick (4) | USE after juggle(R) | |
| 29 | CONDIMENTS | |
| Seasonings working slow in small amounts of bread (10) | (ON + DIM) inside CENTS | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | REMNANTS | |
| Odd pieces strange men included in long lectures (8) | Anagram of MEN inside RANTS | |
| 2 | GASTROENTERITIS | |
| Stomach problem irritates gent so badly (15) | Anagram of IRRITATES GENT SO | |
| 3 | TENDED | |
| Looked after temperature all over (6) | T + ENDED | |
| 4 | NOW AND THEN | |
| Potter’s tool kept inside, not used on layer sometimes (3,3,4) | WAND inside NOT + HEN | |
| 5 | LINT | |
| Some material in tent? (4) | materiaL IN Tent | |
| 7 | USED-CAR SALESMAN | |
| American dealer’s scam implicated an old auto dealer (4-3,8) | US + anagram of DEALERS + SCAM + AN | |
| 8 | EXTORT | |
| Blackmail letters typed in text or transcript (6) | tEXT OR Transcript | |
| 11 | SORT OF | |
| “Roots” rewritten by female, as it were (4,2) | Anagram of ROOTS + F | |
| 14 | TENDERISED | |
| Beaten side regrouped after offer (10) | Anagram of SIDE after TENDER | |
| 17 | UPDATE | |
| New information corrupted iPad – not one installed in work vehicle (6) | Anagram of (i)PAD inside UTE | |
| 18 | WEBSITES | |
| We sit in live studio’s primary locations on the internet (8) | WE + (SIT inside BE) + (S)tudio | |
| 21 | JABBER | |
| Maybe a boxer’s chatter (6) | Double Definition | |
| 22 | BEDLAM | |
| Sidelight cut short pandemonium? (6) | BEDLAM(p) | |
| 25 | SILO | |
| Military installation is returning most of consignment (4) | SI reversed + (LO)t |
