| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BOARD | |
| Executive group should be drilled according to auditor (5) | Sounds like BORED | |
| 4 | ASK FOR IT | |
| Invite trouble as “King and I” played in building with tight security (3,3,2) | AS + K + (I inside FORT) | |
| 10 | DEPARTURE LOUNGE | |
| Upgrade “rule” not resolved by one finally leaving area of airport (9,6) | Anagram of UPGRADE RULE NOT + on(E) | |
| 11 | ATROCITY | |
| Patrol ignoring boundaries connected with urban centre’s villainy (8) | p)ATRO(l + CITY | |
| 12 | SENORA | |
| She’s Spanish and not embraced by marine (6) | NOR inside SEA (adjective) | |
| 14 | REGION | |
| GIO probing large amount of money for landlord’s land (6) | GIO inside (REN)t | |
| 15 | LITERAL | |
| A tier rebuilt in middle of hollow according to specifications (7) | Anagram of A TIER inside ho(LL)ow | |
| 18 | EMO | |
| Participants in the modern style of rock music? (3) | thE MOdern | |
| 19 | HEBREWS | |
| He makes tea for old people (7) | HE + BREWS | |
| 21 | STUMPY | |
| Short and thick pen broken by sports official (6) | STY outside UMP | |
| 24 | SPOORS | |
| Trails not very good in the centre of Tassie (6) | POOR inside ta(SS)ie | |
| 26 | DOWNPOUR | |
| Private parking swamped by severe heavy rain (8) | (OWN + P) inside DOUR | |
| 28 | STORM-WATER DRAIN | |
| Wet ramrod busted inside pressure pipe used for overflow (5-5,5) | Anagram of WET RAMROD inside STRAIN | |
| 29 | TATTOOER | |
| Permanent marker redesigned to rotate (8) | Anagram of TO ROTATE | |
| 30 | SIEGE | |
| Military blockade is set back, say, close to bridge (5) | IS reversed + EG + bridg(E) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BADMAN | |
| Academic in reformed band is crook (6) | MA inside anagram of BAND | |
| 2 | ASPERSE | |
| Falsely accuse a soldier at the front essentially (7) | A + (S)oldier + PER SE | |
| 3 | DIRECTIVE | |
| Sort of credit that is guarding against instruction (9) | Anagram of CREDIT + (IE outside V) | |
| 5 | STEW | |
| A chunk picked out of rotten waste food (4) | Anagram of WASTE minus A | |
| 6 | FROZE | |
| Australian nabbed by ref out of line didn’t move (5) | OZ inside anagram of REF | |
| 7 | RANCOUR | |
| Supervised court, mostly with ill feeling (7) | RAN + (COUR)t | |
| 8 | TOENAILS | |
| One crook inside tracks digital attachments? (8) | Anagram of ONE inside TAILS | |
| 9 | LUSTINESS | |
| Minor, with a transfusion of units, rebuilt strength (9) | LESS outside anagram of UNITS | |
| 13 | BLOSSOMED | |
| Developed flowers – almost lost some planted in bed (9) | [(LOS)t + SOME] inside BED | |
| 16 | TOURNEDOS | |
| Beef study given backing in trip overseas (9) | DEN reversed inside (TOUR + OS) | |
| 17 | CHESS SET | |
| He’s in weird sects with men that normally sit on board (5,3) | HES inside anagram of SECTS | |
| 20 | BLOW-OUT | |
| Lavish entertainment not reaching a high level in contest (4-3) | LOW inside BOUT | |
| 22 | PROBATE | |
| Investigation stalling at document that proves a will is genuine (7) | PROBE outside AT | |
| 23 | FRANCE | |
| Country cafe ran poorly without assistance initially (6) | Anagram of CAFE RAN minus (A)ssistance | |
| 25 | ROMEO | |
| Monroe, not Marilyn, ultimately confused lover (5) | Anagram of MONROE minus (M)arilyn | |
| 27 | FACE | |
| Come up against fine champion (4) | F + ACE |
