| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PHASED | |
| Section of bookshop has editions released in stages (6) | bookshoP HAS EDitions | |
| 5 | CAMP BED | |
| Stretcher arrived containing lead handles in the middle! (4,3) | CAME outside [PB + han(D)les] | |
| 9 | DATA PROCESSING | |
| Reformatted discs, a top range, work on computers (4,10) | Anagram of DISCS A TOP RANGE | |
| 11 | EIFFEL | |
| Designer of tower made out of iron, noted in unusual file (6) | FE inside anagram of FILE | |
| 12 | IN DANGER | |
| Vulnerable independent dealt with resentment (2,6) | IND + ANGER | |
| 14 | TORT | |
| Associates of administrator tackled a civil wrong (4) | administraTOR Tackled | |
| 15 | BIRTHRIGHT | |
| I restricted half of this in promising inheritance (10) | [I + R + (TH)is] inside BRIGHT | |
| 18 | WATERTIGHT | |
| Impregnable bow of warship hit target at sea? (10) | (W)arship + nagram of HIT TARGET | |
| 19 | MILK | |
| Exploit type chasing male (4) | ILK after M | |
| 22 | REFLEXES | |
| Whistleblower, left with old friends, turns back (8) | REF + L + EXES | |
| 24 | COTTON | |
| Material taken from bed and not put back (6) | COT + (NOT reversed) | |
| 26 | ASSET-STRIPPING | |
| When group’s initiating a corporate raider’s job (5-9) | AS + SETS + TRIPPING | |
| 27 | TUSCANY | |
| Timeless art stolen from sanctuary disconcerted a region of Italy? (7) | Anagram of SANCTUARY minus AR(t) | |
| 28 | TRENDY | |
| Conclusion accepted by judge now (6) | END inside TRY | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | HEADFIRST | |
| Hastily watered, in the end, trees planted in hot spell (9) | [watere(D) + FIRS] inside HEAT | |
| 3 | SEALED | |
| Certain marine acted as a guide (6) | SEA + LED | |
| 4 | DIRE | |
| Colourist sounded desperate (4) | Sounds like DYER | |
| 5 | COCONUT SHY | |
| Companies head modest and fair game? (7,3) | (CO + CO) + NUT + SHY | |
| 6 | MASSACRE | |
| Mow down heap piled next to a piece of land (8) | MASS + ACRE | |
| 7 | BRING | |
| Escort follower of a band (5) | B + RING | |
| 8 | DOGTROT | |
| Do great, then decline a gently paced jog (7) | DO + GT + ROT | |
| 10 | VENT | |
| Opening item on a program started late (4) | e(VENT) | |
| 13 | DILIGENTLY | |
| Hard cover turned around by one gradually (10) | LID reversed + I + GENTLY | |
| 16 | GLISTENED | |
| Head of government took notice and shone (9) | (G)overnment + LISTENED | |
| 17 | GREEN TEA | |
| Starter of goose (entree), prepared with a hot drink (5,3) | (G) + anagram of ENTREE + A | |
| 18 | WARRANT | |
| Justify angry tirade on the subject of war (7) | WAR RANT | |
| 20 | KIND | |
| Friendly class (4) | Double Definition | |
| 21 | COUPLE | |
| Item left in car (6) | L inside COUPE | |
| 23 | FUSES | |
| Fellow handles explosive attachments (5) | F + USES | |
| 25 | SILT | |
| Pose holding large deposit (4) | SIT outside L |
