| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SUBTRACT | |
| Dock area east of naval vessel (8) | TRACT after SUB | |
| 5 | SMALLS | |
| Items of a personal nature, all listed in text (6) | ALL inside SMS | |
| 10 | GLEAM | |
| Flash part of Kyogle? A motel? (5) | kyoGLE A Motel | |
| 11 | MOONLIGHT | |
| Way of working on delicate work at a secondary job (9) | MO + ON + LIGHT | |
| 12 | ENDEAVOURED | |
| Tried to complete and do a revue in a new sequence (11) | END + anagram of DO A REVUE | |
| 13 | LOP | |
| Cut record with a hole in the middle (3) | LP outside O | |
| 14 | WHIPPERSNAPPER | |
| Cheeky young lad’s weight disconcerted nipper, perhaps (14) | W + anagram of NIPPER PERHAPS | |
| 18 | IMPRESSIONABLE | |
| Sensitive urchin research is withdrawn, concerning expert (14) | IMP + RES + (IS reversed) + ON + ABLE | |
| 22 | LOT | |
| Share half of red wine (3) | mer(LOT) | |
| 23 | ILLUSTRATOR | |
| Sick American deserter giving up one artist (11) | ILL + US + (TRAITOR minus I) | |
| 26 | OUTFITTER | |
| Ring trade union backing trimmer and tailor (9) | O + (TU reversed) + FITTER | |
| 27 | GAINS | |
| Gets gas disconnected outside home (5) | GAS outside IN | |
| 28 | SUPPER | |
| Starter of prawns included in great meal (6) | (P)rawns inside SUPER | |
| 29 | ADULTERY | |
| True lady’s incongruous action? (8) | Anagram of TRUE LADY | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SIGNED | |
| Endorsed study taken by American soldiers returning (6) | (DEN + GIS) reversed | |
| 2 | BREADTH | |
| Sourdough, for example, served with nearly all of the spread (7) | BREAD + (TH)e | |
| 3 | RUMBA | |
| Couple from band behind strange dance music (5) | (BA)nd after RUM | |
| 4 | COMMONERS | |
| Cold men’s room unsettled ordinary people (9) | C + anagram of MENS ROOM | |
| 6 | MELODRAMA | |
| Model prepared to push a theatrical production (9) | Anagram of MODEL + RAM + A | |
| 7 | LEG SLIP | |
| Lancashire’s opener, for example, cutting for one close to the keeper (3,4) | (L)ancashire + EG + SLIP | |
| 8 | SET APART | |
| Isolated source of water, listed in rates, varied (3,5) | TAP inside anagram of RATES | |
| 9 | SOAR | |
| The sound made by annoyed fly (4) | Sounds like SORE | |
| 15 | PRECIPICE | |
| Pimm’s original recipe, served mostly with ice, is a great drop (9) | (P)imm + (RECIP)e + ICE | |
| 16 | SPONSORED | |
| Cross embedded in small body of water should be supported (9) | SORE inside (S + POND) | |
| 17 | MILLIONS | |
| Factory is carrying on with a lot of money (8) | MILL + (IS outside ON) | |
| 19 | PIT STOP | |
| Break in trip – it’s to pause? (3,4) | triP ITS TO Pause | |
| 20 | LATRINE | |
| Variety of rat spotted in rank toilet (7) | Anagram of RAT inside LINE | |
| 21 | CRUSTY | |
| Brittle fungus seen in outskirts of city? (6) | RUST inside (C)it(Y) | |
| 24 | LITE | |
| Ingredients of nutritional items low in calories (4) | nutritionaL ITEms | |
| 25 | REGAL | |
| Magnificent beer tipped over (5) | LAGER reversed |
