| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BEDSPACE | |
| A follower escaped in disguise with hotelier’s offering (8) | B + anagram of ESCAPED | |
| 5 | SCRAPS | |
| Breaks up fights (6) | Double Definition | |
| 9 | NAPOLEON | |
| North Pole fortified by a functioning French general (8) | A inside (N + POLE) + ON | |
| 10 | ASTUTE | |
| Knowing, for instance, class in university (6) | AS + TUTE | |
| 12 | BEYOND REPROACH | |
| Right claimed by chaperoned boy in bad shape is impeccable (6,8) | R inside anagram of CHAPERONED BOY | |
| 14 | CHIPPER | |
| Machine that processes potatoes well (7) | Double Definition | |
| 16 | UP-TEMPO | |
| Occupants of shop met pupil running back at a fast pace (2-5) | shOP MET PUpil reversed | |
| 18 | BANGKOK | |
| Guineas kept in bank with approved Asian capital (7) | G inside BANK + OK | |
| 20 | WADDING | |
| Supplement carried by section is a filler (7) | ADD inside WING | |
| 21 | DISINTEGRATION | |
| Broken stein found in dig next to allotment is falling apart (14) | Anagram of STEIN inside DIG + RATION | |
| 25 | VIOLET | |
| Nitrogen released by wild flower (6) | VIOLENT minus N | |
| 26 | LABRADOR | |
| Underwear grabbed by boy or dog (8) | BRA inside LAD + OR | |
| 27 | RUDDER | |
| Boat’s guide is not nice about closing of flooded river (6) | RUDE outside floode(D) + R | |
| 28 | MEASURED | |
| A bound taken during medical should be evaluated (8) | (A + SURE) inside MED | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BIND | |
| Restrict members of club in debt (4) | cluB IN Debt | |
| 2 | DEPLETION | |
| Cut in power reversed consumption? (9) | P inside DELETION | |
| 3 | POLIO | |
| Viral infection, one contracted in sport (5) | I inside POLO | |
| 4 | CHOWDER | |
| Start to consider how wine lifted a hearty meal (7) | (C)onside + HOW + (RED reversed) | |
| 6 | CASTRATED | |
| Company thought highly of is rendered ineffective (9) | CAST + RATED | |
| 7 | ARUBA | |
| A difficulty managed by a Caribbean playground (5) | A + RUB + A | |
| 8 | SEE THROUGH | |
| Penetrate boil not completely hard (3,7) | SEETH(e) + ROUGH | |
| 11 | PERU | |
| Part of Europe – ruralised country (4) | euroPE RUralised | |
| 13 | SCUBA DIVER | |
| Country nightclub owned by senior one down under? (5,5) | (CUBA + DIVE) inside SR | |
| 15 | PEKINGESE | |
| Dog goes to the toilet outside royal house finally (9) | PEES outside KING + hous(E) | |
| 17 | MAIL ORDER | |
| One leader in paper raised postal application for goods (4,5) | (I + LORD) inside (REAM reversed) | |
| 19 | KEEN | |
| Intense expression of grief (4) | Double Definition | |
| 20 | WARFARE | |
| Raw fear exploited in armed conflict (7) | Anagram of RAW FEAR | |
| 22 | SCOLD | |
| Rebuke leader of sect lacking warmth (5) | (S)ect + COLD | |
| 23 | TERMS | |
| Top mark not accepted by master affected conditions (5) | Anagram of MASTER minus A | |
| 24 | PROD | |
| Dig for diamonds (4) | PRO + D |
