| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | STRETCHY | |
| Vomit found in filthy place is rubbery (8) | RETCH in STY | |
| 5 | BIASED | |
| Partisan, one for instance, engaged by foundation (6) | (I + AS) inside BED | |
| 10 | FEDERAL ELECTION | |
| National decision strengthened porter, say, left in building (7,8) | FED + [(ALE + L) inside ERECTION] | |
| 11 | LOADED DICE | |
| Gambler’s friends, odd, deal shuffled diamonds (6,4) | Anagram of ODD DEAL + ICE | |
| 12 | HEAL | |
| Outspoken person who’s not nice to treat (4) | Sounds like HEEL | |
| 14 | WINTRY | |
| Icy land sample (6) | WIN + TRY | |
| 15 | EDITION | |
| Complicated diet, one dealing with issue (7) | Anagram of DIET + I + ON | |
| 18 | MANDATE | |
| Staff meeting’s official instruction (7) | MAN + DATE | |
| 20 | SOFTIE | |
| Hacked site of person who is weak and excessively sentimental (6) | Anagram of SITE OF | |
| 22 | HALL | |
| Passage in hotel used by everyone (4) | H + ALL | |
| 24 | COMMERCIAL | |
| Unusual relic, described in letters, is in demand? (10) | Anagram of RELIC COMMA | |
| 26 | SUNRISE INDUSTRY | |
| In study, insurers redefined “new business” (7,8) | Anagram of IN STUDY INSURERS | |
| 27 | SORTER | |
| One who organises length of semesters or terms (6) | semesterS OR TERms | |
| 28 | FREE DROP | |
| Water grass, growing by river, defined in dandy golf ruling (4,4) | (REED + R) inside FOP | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SAFELY | |
| Speak about iron left in one piece (6) | SAY outside (FE + L) | |
| 2 | RADIATION | |
| Act of giving out aid in recession included in quota (9) | AID reversed inside RATION | |
| 3 | TORRENTIAL | |
| Coming down fast hill, hire car steered around one (10) | TOR + (RENTAL outside I) | |
| 4 | HOLIDAY | |
| I had activities primarily during sacred festival like Easter (7) | [ID + (A)ctivities] inside HOLY | |
| 6 | ITCH | |
| Lead removed from dog with irritation (4) | (b)ITCH | |
| 7 | SEIZE | |
| Confiscate drug in bulk (5) | E inside SIZE | |
| 8 | DANGLING | |
| Disconnected end of rod before fishing (8) | ro(D) + ANGLING | |
| 9 | CLOCHE | |
| Cover and sheet cut from prepared cheesecloth (6) | Anagram of CHEESECLOTH minus SHEET | |
| 13 | MISFORTUNE | |
| Accident is from bungled engine adjustment (10) | Anagram of IS FROM + TUNE | |
| 16 | INITIATOR | |
| Creative type reformed a trio after taking part (9) | Anagram of A TRIO after IN IT | |
| 17 | EMPHASES | |
| Stresses central part of supplemental chapters (8) | supplEMental + PHASES | |
| 19 | ELOPED | |
| East European picked up diamonds and ran off (6) | E + (POLE reversed) + D | |
| 20 | SEMINAR | |
| Workshop operated in recession underneath house (7) | RAN reversed after SEMI | |
| 21 | PLAY UP | |
| Call attention to malfunction (4,2) | Double Definition | |
| 23 | LINER | |
| It provides protection inside a ship (5) | Double Definition | |
| 25 | KITE | |
| Wind-up toy? (4) | Cryptic Definition |
