| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PECANS | |
| Open unsealed containers with nuts? (6) | o)PE(n + CANS | |
| 5 | PRO TEM | |
| Habitual routine adopted by cabinetmaker for the time being? (3,3) | ROTE inside PM | |
| 11 | UNDERDONE | |
| Rare sort of dune, one formed on far side of road (9) | Anagram of DUNE + (ONE after RD) | |
| 12 | FRIAR | |
| Religious man from India losing mind after love, right? (5) | FROM INDIA minus (MIND after O) + R | |
| 13 | TERRINE | |
| Recipe’s first used in cooking of entire meat dish (7) | (R)ecipe inside anagram of ENTIRE | |
| 14 | SCRUNCH | |
| Squash clubs administered in school (7) | (C + RUN) inside SCH | |
| 15 | AMBLED | |
| Took a punt leaving West Bank and wandered (6) | (g)AMBLED | |
| 17 | ARMENIAN | |
| Asian men in song strain at the end (8) | MEN inside ARIA + strai(N) | |
| 18 | INCIDENT | |
| Event in Australian capital checking identification (8) | (IN + CENT) outside ID | |
| 21 | RIALTO | |
| Flashily dressed man returned to business centre (6) | LAIR reversed + TO | |
| 24 | NASCENT | |
| Final part of mountain climb is beginning to develop (7) | mountai(N) + ASCENT | |
| 25 | APPLAUD | |
| Commend software, consisting of two parts, taking a new direction (7) | APP + (DUAL reversed) | |
| 27 | SWANS | |
| Central part of Tassie providing refuge for white birds (5) | ta(SS)ie outside WAN | |
| 28 | VANCOUVER | |
| Uranium kept in transporter to protect Canadian city (9) | U inside (VAN + COVER) | |
| 29 | SHERRY | |
| Cast admitting blunder with alcohol (6) | SHY outside ERR | |
| 30 | SMELLY | |
| Stallone punched by Gibson on the nose (6) | SLY outside MEL | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | ELDER | |
| Senior metalworker with no tungsten in stock (5) | WELDER minus W | |
| 3 | AIRLINE | |
| Eccentric millionaire losing limo transport business (7) | Anagram of MILLIONAIRE minus LIMO | |
| 4 | SHOVER | |
| Schoolgirl’s beginning to hang around pusher (6) | (S)choolgirl + HOVER | |
| 6 | REFEREE | |
| Judge replaced free roll of film before the end (7) | Anagram of FREE + (REE)l | |
| 7 | TRIENNIAL | |
| Nine involved in court case lasting three years (9) | Anagram of NINE inside TRIAL | |
| 8 | MARCHING ORDERS | |
| Instructions to leave animal locked up excited Schrodinger (8,6) | RAM reversed + anagram of SCHRODINGER | |
| 9 | AUSTRALIANISMS | |
| Rituals in a mass affected some things we say (14) | Anagram of RITUALS IN A MASS | |
| 10 | LESSOR | |
| Tenants of hellholes so resented landlord? (6) | hellhoLES SO Resented | |
| 16 | BACKSTAGE | |
| Taxi pulled over with busted gasket away from public view (9) | CAB reversed + anagram of GASKET | |
| 17 | ACT | |
| Work place in NSW? (3) | Double Definition | |
| 19 | DRESSER | |
| Doctor sees troubled Head of Radiology with surgeon’s assistant (7) | DR + anagram of SEES + (R)adiology | |
| 20 | NATIVE | |
| Local having no idea about time (6) | NAIVE outside T | |
| 22 | IMPROVE | |
| Look up troublemaker before start of cruise (7) | IMP + ROVE | |
| 23 | CANNES | |
| One leaving dogs in French playground (6) | CANINES minus I | |
| 26 | ANVIL | |
| Small bone fragments found in Roman village (5) | romAN VILlage |
