| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DEAD DRAW | |
| Added new green for bowling of the highest level (4,4) | Anagram of ADDED + RAW | |
| 5 | FIBBER | |
| Fellow organised bribe for one delivering fabrication (6) | F + anagram of BRIBE | |
| 9 | ARTERIAL | |
| Antenna fitted to outside of radio transmitter, originally having a main channel and many sub-channels (8) | AERIAL outside [(R)adio (T)ransmitter] | |
| 10 | FEMMES | |
| Nice women, say, made money initially cutting charges (6) | [(M)ade (M)oney] inside FEES | |
| 12 | EMPTY | |
| Meaningless empathy not endorsed by a hospital (5) | EMP(a)T(h)Y | |
| 13 | UNRELATED | |
| Run out of line, in high spirits, beside the point (9) | Anagram of RUN + ELATED | |
| 14 | UNSAFE | |
| Exposed section of run’s a feature (6) | rUNS A FEature | |
| 16 | EPSILON | |
| Piles troubled performing Greek character (7) | Anagram of PILES + ON | |
| 18 | P-PLATER | |
| Father checking parking by learner, a new driver (1-6) | PATER outside (P + L) | |
| 20 | RUSTIC | |
| Simple oxidation linked to coolant mostly (6) | RUST + (IC)e | |
| 22 | TRIANGLES | |
| Head of Treasury realigns adjusted figures (9) | (T)reasury + anagram of REALIGNS | |
| 23 | PASTA | |
| Finished a dish high in carbohydrates (5) | PAST + A | |
| 24 | ROADIE | |
| Member of support crew had pulled out of Radiohead’s organisation (6) | Anagram of RADIOHEAD minus HAD | |
| 25 | DISPERSE | |
| Scatter spiders awfully close to house (8) | Anagram of SPIDERS + hous(E) | |
| 26 | STEWED | |
| Boiled sweet ruined start of dinner (6) | Anagram of SWEET + (D)inner | |
| 27 | NECROPSY | |
| Treatment of corpse in main mortuary ultimately? (8) | Anagram of CORPSE inside [mai(N) + mortuar(Y)] | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DIAPER | |
| Agent with help set up American waste management unit (6) | (REP + AID) reversed | |
| 2 | ANTEPENULTIMATE | |
| Line up a tent shifted by companion third from the end (15) | Anagram of LINE UP A TENT + MATE | |
| 3 | DIRTY | |
| Converted dormitory, lacking room, is filthy (5) | Anagram of DORMITORY minus ROOM | |
| 4 | AS A RULE | |
| Generally scouts set out from assault course in a disorderly fashion (2,1,4) | Anagram of ASSUALT COURSE minus SCOUTS | |
| 6 | IDEALISTS | |
| Visionaries plan sets of things to be done (9) | IDEA + LISTS | |
| 7 | BIMETALLIC STRIP | |
| Limit cables reconfigured to set off part of thermostat (10,5) | Anagram of LIMIT CABLE + TRIP | |
| 8 | RESIDENT | |
| Gaping cut sewn up by team doctor (8) | SIDE inside RENT | |
| 11 | TREE | |
| Genealogist’s work on opening centre in Cheltenham (4) | RE inside chel(TE)nham | |
| 15 | ATTENTIVE | |
| Observant native dropping pole outside portable shelter (9) | (n)ATIVE outside TENT | |
| 17 | UPSTARTS | |
| Social climbers, sweet things, behind international carrier (8) | TARTS after UPS | |
| 19 | RILE | |
| Tumbling act, not included in article, is upset (4) | ARTICLE minus anagram of ACT | |
| 20 | RESPITE | |
| Postponement requested especially in ceremony (7) | ESP inside RITE | |
| 21 | SAFELY | |
| Speak about iron left in one piece (6) | SAY outside (FE + L) | |
| 23 | PAPER | |
| Flimsy copy used in public relations (5) | APE inside PR |
