| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SEETHING | |
| Observe matter in a highly agitated state (8) | SEE +THING | |
| 5 | HOBART | |
| Watering hole located in stormy centre of Australia (6) | BAR inside HOT | |
| 9 | ADDER | |
| Summer competition table without a definite leader (5) | (l)ADDER | |
| 10 | HAPPENING | |
| Layer shielding software in grand event (9) | HEN outside APP + IN + G | |
| 12 | CHANDELIER | |
| Cleaner hid broken light fitting (10) | Anagram of CLEANER HID | |
| 13 | BEST | |
| Defeat brutal person with no heart (4) | BE(a)ST | |
| 15 | SCOTTISH | |
| Antiquated tax aggravated this group of people in the UK (8) | SCOT + anagram of THIS | |
| 16 | BOSTON | |
| American city street involved in blessing (6) | ST inside BOON | |
| 18 | FURORE | |
| Stir caused by fur (or ermine) in short supply (6) | FUR (OR Ermine) | |
| 19 | HISTORIC | |
| Famous tenor in choir is out of tune (8) | T inside anagram of CHOIR IS | |
| 22 | ALTO | |
| High elements of dial tone (4) | diAL TOne | |
| 23 | COSTA RICAN | |
| Assortment of narcotics divided up by a person from Central America (5,5) | Anagram of NARCOTICS outside A | |
| 25 | TRAVELLER | |
| Teller, accepting enthusiastic praise, cut off mobile salesperson (9) | TELLER outside (RAV)e | |
| 26 | GENOA | |
| One may be pulled back in middle of navigation? (5) | ONE reversed inside navi(GA)tion | |
| 27 | RATTLE | |
| Irritating sound Telstra corrected with seconds to go (6) | Anagram of TELSTRA minus S | |
| 28 | BASTILLE | |
| Live outside a peaceful prison in France (8) | BE outside (A + STILL) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | STANCES | |
| Cessna manoeuvred around airport’s terminal positions (7) | Anagram of CESSNA outside airpor(T) | |
| 2 | ENDEAVOUR STRAIT | |
| Northern channel broadcast an overused feature (9,6) | Anagram of AN OVERUSED + TRAIT | |
| 3 | HEREDITARY | |
| Family time recorded in present journal (10) | T inside (HERE + DIARY) | |
| 4 | NIHILIST | |
| Revolutionary turned in hard one on schedule (8) | IN reversed + H + I + LIST | |
| 6 | OXER | |
| Dog without lead jumped fence (4) | (b)OXER | |
| 7 | ALIMENTARY CANAL | |
| Internal passage a claimant nearly ruptured (10,5) | Anagram of A CLAIMANT NEARLY | |
| 8 | TIGHTEN | |
| Give an extra turn to strong character in speech (7) | Sounds like TITAN | |
| 11 | PEED | |
| Visited the ladies, say, with strong backing (4) | DEEP reversed | |
| 14 | FORTHRIGHT | |
| Direct towards Human Resources in firm (10) | FOR + (HR inside TIGHT) | |
| 17 | WISTERIA | |
| Water is sprayed around one climbing plant (8) | Anagram of WATER IS outside I | |
| 18 | FLATTER | |
| Fine coffee maker’s back to dispense sugar (7) | F + LATTE + make(R) | |
| 20 | CONCAVE | |
| Crumpled can found buried in cove curved inwards (7) | Anagram of CAN inside COVE | |
| 21 | FOIL | |
| Thin sheet-metal baffle (4) | Double Definition | |
| 24 | FELL | |
| Level went down (4) | Double Definition |
