| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | COARSE LANGUAGE | |
| @#$%&! – a long curse, a wild time (6,8) | Anagram of A LONG CURSE A + AGE | |
| 8 | LODGE | |
| Deposit of valuable ore found outside grand house (5) | LODE outside G | |
| 9 | HARD COURT | |
| A cord replaced inside damaged playing arena (4,5) | Anagram of A CORD inside HURT | |
| 11 | SEMINAR | |
| Workshop operated in recession behind house (7) | RAN reversed after SEMI | |
| 12 | ONE-STEP | |
| Dance excited teens in centre of metropolis (3-4) | Anagram of TEENS inside metrOPolis | |
| 13 | GENOME | |
| End of laparoscope, pushed inside, saw unique organic matter (6) | laparoscopE inside GNOME | |
| 14 | EARTHS | |
| Grounds are prepared by one leaving this (6) | Anagram of ARE + (THIS minus I) | |
| 16 | BID | |
| Tender chicken, say, served without right stuffing (3) | BIRD minus R | |
| 18 | CLICHE | |
| Commonplace types of prolific lichen (6) | prolifiC LICHEn | |
| 20 | AFRICA | |
| Paper, one about a country area (6) | AFR + I + CA | |
| 24 | ROASTER | |
| Inventory that includes a suitable oven item (7) | ROSTER outside A | |
| 26 | GRASPED | |
| Expressed surprise about offender finally taken into custody (7) | GASPED outside offende(R) | |
| 27 | SALVATION | |
| Tank, one included in salon’s restoration (9) | (VAT + I) inside SALON | |
| 28 | OCEAN | |
| Large amount of water and silt shifted from rocky coastline (5) | Anagram of COASTLINE minus SILT | |
| 29 | SWEETHEART DEAL | |
| Leaders that changed around little in nice work arrangement (10,4) | Anagram of LEADERS THAT outside WEE | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CALL SIGN | |
| Handle moulded casing surrounding core of bullet (4,4) | Anagram of CASING outise buLLet | |
| 2 | ABDOMINAL | |
| One punching a bold man damaged muscle (9) | I inside anagram of A BOLD MAN | |
| 3 | STERNUM | |
| Back and middle part of hump is bone (7) | STERN + h(UM)p | |
| 4 | LAHORE | |
| Collection of traditional knowledge about a hot Punjabi city (6) | LORE outside (A + H) | |
| 5 | NARROWED | |
| Contracted group of sailors stood up and argued (8) | RAN reversed + ROWED | |
| 6 | UNCLEAR | |
| One of the family by a river is not easy to see (7) | UNCLE + A + R | |
| 7 | GAUNT | |
| Face of grieving relative is abnormally thin (5) | (G)rieving + AUNT | |
| 10 | TOPS | |
| Great position turned up (4) | SPOT reversed | |
| 15 | HAIRPIECE | |
| Switch, for instance, odd ingredients of timeless Thai recipe? (9) | Anagram of THAI RECIPE minus T | |
| 16 | BEAR WITH | |
| Tolerate humorist entering rehab in a bad way (4,4) | WIT inside anagram of REHAB | |
| 17 | CARDINAL | |
| Vehicle left after crash with a key (8) | CAR + [L after (DIN + A)] | |
| 19 | CUT-RATE | |
| Teller splitting up attractive bargain (3-4) | RATE inside CUTE | |
| 21 | FLAT OUT | |
| Dodgy AFL solicitor is very busy (4,3) | Anagram of AFL + TOUT | |
| 22 | ARMS | |
| Weaponry causes damage after start of hostilities (4) | HARMS minus (H)ostilities | |
| 23 | UGANDA | |
| Land dug and aerated to some extent (6) | dUG AND Aerated | |
| 25 | AGLOW | |
| Luminous silver of little value (5) | AG + LOW |
