| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CASTRATE | |
| Company fee is cut (8) | CAST + RATE | |
| 5 | DOUBTS | |
| Questions driver originally reassigned to bus (6) | (D)river + anagram of TO BUS | |
| 10 | TWADDLE | |
| Pair nearly spoil uninteresting talk (7) | (TW)o + ADDLE | |
| 11 | OVERAGE | |
| Part of insurance policy, not including initial excess (7) | (c)OVERAGE | |
| 12 | CAME ABOUT | |
| Passed section containing mutated amoeba (4,5) | CUT outside anagram of AMOEBA | |
| 13 | TENSE | |
| A character ejected from unruly Senate is unable to relax (5) | Anagram of SENATE minus A | |
| 14 | MOPE | |
| Move around slowly and aimlessly in vehicle mostly (4) | Double Definition | |
| 16 | DRAW NEAR | |
| Approach tired auditor (4,4) | DRAWN + EAR | |
| 19 | CROCKPOT | |
| Toss quietly in bed – it makes you stew, doesn’t it? (8) | (ROCK + P) inside COT | |
| 20 | CEDE | |
| Qualities of rice determined yield (4) | riCE DEtermined | |
| 23 | SCENT | |
| Perfume is going up after the first of August (5) | (a)SCENT | |
| 24 | AERIALIST | |
| High-flying performer is available finally in music catalogue (9) | availabl(E) inside (ARIA + LIST) | |
| 26 | STABILE | |
| Reserved table is fixed in position? (7) | Anagram of TABLE IS | |
| 27 | DAIMLER | |
| Object learner found in damaged red car (7) | (AIM + L) inside anagram of RED | |
| 28 | PLEDGE | |
| Guarantee place with slight advantage (6) | PL + EDGE | |
| 29 | DEJECTED | |
| Blue diamonds thrown out (8) | D + EJECTED | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CATACOMB | |
| Vessel leading a search in tunnel network (8) | CAT + A + COMB | |
| 2 | SPASM | |
| Sudden burst of activity is reduced by 50% in electronic junk mail (5) | (i)S inside SPAM | |
| 3 | REDRAW | |
| Paint a new picture a primary colour and green (6) | RED + RAW | |
| 4 | THE LORDS PRAYER | |
| Devotion reportedly has changed mourner’s heart? (3,5,6) | Anagram of REPORTEDLY HAS + mou(R)ner | |
| 6 | OVERTONE | |
| Open person’s suggestion (8) | OVERT + ONE | |
| 7 | BRAIN-WAVE | |
| Bright idea in WA demonstrated during challenge (5-4) | (IN + WA) inside BRAVE | |
| 8 | SEEMED | |
| Witness with medicine appeared (6) | SEE + MED | |
| 9 | CONTRACT BRIDGE | |
| Call about right to join card game (8,6) | CONTACT outside R + BRIDGE | |
| 15 | PORTERAGE | |
| Post Office reviewed greater charge paid to carriers? (9) | PO + anagram of GREATER | |
| 17 | SCATHING | |
| A fine imposed inside SCG is harsh (8) | (A +THIN) inside SCG | |
| 18 | RESTORED | |
| Broken stereo dumped in road should be fixed (8) | Anagram of STEREO inside RD | |
| 21 | USES UP | |
| Goes through items in clause supposedly (4,2) | claUSE SUPposedly | |
| 22 | MARINE | |
| Sea horse manoeuvred across current (6) | MARE outside IN | |
| 25 | INLET | |
| Opening line spoilt start of talk (5) | Anagram of LINE + (T)alk |
