| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | GIVE UP THE GHOST | |
| Go and get huge VIP prepared to put on a show (4,2,3,5) | Anagram of GET HUGE VIP + HOST | |
| 9 | FLAT STRAP | |
| Units backed member very quickly (4,5) | FLATS + (PART reversed) | |
| 10 | LATTE | |
| Coffee cart with no wheels entering behind schedule (5) | (CART minus CAR) inside LATE | |
| 11 | ODIUM | |
| Dislike platform with front section removed (5) | (p)ODIUM | |
| 12 | SAY CHEESE | |
| Easy speech delivered unusually without soft smile (3,6) | Anagram of EASY SPEECH minus P | |
| 13 | THEOLOGIAN | |
| The occultist’s original journal, one found by an academic interested in religion (10) | THE + (O)ccultist + LOG +I + AN | |
| 14 | MOLE | |
| Spot an infiltrator (4) | Double Definition | |
| 17 | RISE | |
| Upward slope is in middle of street (4) | IS inside st(RE)et | |
| 19 | DISTRESSED | |
| Dish, mostly sweet, turned over and cut up (10) | (DIS)h + (DESSERT reversed) | |
| 22 | FINANCIER | |
| One who loves carrying in money bags (9) | FANCIER outside IN | |
| 23 | DENIM | |
| I am after study material (5) | IM after DEN | |
| 24 | CHASE | |
| Follow a groove (5) | Double Definition | |
| 25 | AESTHETIC | |
| Tasteful marine recalled the nervous complaint (9) | SEA reversed + THE + TIC | |
| 27 | SPECTATOR SPORT | |
| Top actress drunkenly left much-watched activity (9,5) | Anagram of TOP ACTRESS + PORT | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | IMAGINE | |
| Suspect that is taking publication in (7) | IE outside (MAG + IN) | |
| 3 | ENSEMBLE | |
| Company selected elements of Holden’s emblem (8) | holdENS EMBLEm | |
| 4 | PAR | |
| Expected time not taken up by actor’s role (3) | PART minus T | |
| 5 | HAPPY EASTER | |
| They appear upset about introduction of seasonal greeting for now (5,6) | Anagram of THEY APPEAR outside (S)easonal | |
| 6 | GALAHS | |
| American girl has ordered Australian birds (6) | GAL + anagram of HAS | |
| 7 | ON THE GO | |
| Very busy ethnologist messed up short list (2,3,2) | Anagram of ETHNOLOGIST minus LIST | |
| 8 | THEME | |
| The central point of commerce essay (5) | THE + com(ME)rce | |
| 9 | FLOATER | |
| Look after losing very good, cooked Australian fare (7) | Anagram of LOOK AFTER minus OK | |
| 12 | SIGNIFICANT | |
| Important instructions regarding power of attorney? (11) | SIGN IF I CANT | |
| 15 | ENDEMIC | |
| Indigenous mice tortured beyond extreme limit (7) | Anagram of MICE after END | |
| 16 | HEADSHIP | |
| The fellow notices trendy position of chief (8) | HE + ADS + HIP | |
| 18 | SUNBAKE | |
| Get brown bun cooked in rice wine (7) | Anagram of BUN inside SAKE | |
| 20 | SENATOR | |
| A number of these NATO representatives elected politician (7) | theSE NATO Representatives | |
| 21 | INFECT | |
| Corrupt court replaced after re-issuing of fine? (6) | CT after anagram of FINE | |
| 22 | FOCUS | |
| Concentration of mounted copper is reduced by half (5) | OF reversed + CU + i(S) | |
| 26 | SIR | |
| Military address is fixed up, right? (3) | IS reversed + R |
