| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DISGRACEFUL | |
| Shocking cold caught by out-of-shape lifeguards (11) | C inside anagram LIFEGUARDS | |
| 9 | HOLDING | |
| Mercury plugged by veteran in stocks and shares (7) | HG outside (OLD + IN) | |
| 10 | LIE-DOWN | |
| Acted deceptively to have rest (3-4) | LIED + OWN | |
| 11 | LEGATE | |
| Messenger, say, entering after the expected time (6) | EG inside LATE | |
| 12 | OBEDIENT | |
| Dutiful and on time carrying last pass (8) | (ON + T) outside (BE + DIE) | |
| 14 | TUTE | |
| Like being not part of intelligent university class (4) | ASTUTE minus AS | |
| 15 | STEAMSHIPS | |
| They transported crews in wearing smalls? (10) | (TEAMS + HIP) inside (S+S) | |
| 18 | BODYSURFER | |
| One who hopes to take a break lying down? (10) | Cryptic Definition | |
| 19 | BUFF | |
| Smooth person who’s considered an expert (4) | Double Definition | |
| 22 | OUTRAGED | |
| Angry members of tour scrambled over the hill (8) | Anagram of TOUR + AGED | |
| 24 | MAGNUM | |
| A sort of gun owned by thousands? (6) | (A anagram of GUN) inside (M+M) | |
| 26 | DENMARK | |
| Study target area in Europe of national importance (7) | DEN + MARK | |
| 27 | UGANDAN | |
| Some bug and annoy a person from Africa (7) | bUG AND ANnoy | |
| 28 | OVER THE MOON | |
| Open home arranged by one mostly extremely happy (4,3,4) | OVERT + anagram of HOME + (ON)e | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | DELIGHTED | |
| Very happy person who stands out in act (9) | LIGHT inside DEED | |
| 2 | SHIFTY | |
| Hydrogen, if stored in dump, may be resourceful (6) | (H + IF) inside STY | |
| 3 | RUGS | |
| Refuges, waiving fee, distributed blankets (4) | Anagram of REFUGES minus FEE | |
| 4 | CALIBRATED | |
| College’s leading character, a politician thought highly of, graduated (10) | (C)ollege + A + LIB + RATED | |
| 5 | FIENDISH | |
| Monstrous marlin, say, possessing one purpose (8) | FISH outside (I + END) | |
| 6 | LOOSE | |
| Local toilets are ultimately free (5) | LOOS + ar(E) | |
| 7 | THE LOT | |
| Closing of restaurant by hotel ruined everything (3,3) | restauran(T) + anagram of RUINED | |
| 8 | UNITES | |
| Centre section of launch site somehow comes together (6) | la(UN)ch + anagram of SITE | |
| 13 | STARTER-KIT | |
| Big shot arranged trek with IT equipment crucial to initial success (7-3) | STAR + anagram of TREK + IT | |
| 16 | IGUANODON | |
| Dinosaur droppings collected by one university fellow (9) | GUANO inside (I + DON) | |
| 17 | ESCAPADE | |
| Risky venture unsettled space cadet inside borders? (8) | Anagram of SPACE + c(ADE)t | |
| 18 | BROODS | |
| Boatman’s opening assorted doors and hatches (6) | (B)oatman + anagram of DOORS | |
| 20 | FOMENT | |
| Promote development of the writer in script (6) | ME inside FONT | |
| 21 | HAS A GO | |
| Tries a cereal introduced by hospital (3,1,2) | (A + SAGO) after H | |
| 23 | TANGO | |
| Dance beat with oomph (5) | TAN + GO | |
| 25 | CUBE | |
| Copper: “Live or die” (4) | CU + BE |
