| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | ACARID | |
| Cutting pierced by a mite (6) | ACRID outside A | |
| 5 | ACCEPT | |
| Receive copies wrapped in tape loosely (6) | CC inside anagram of TAPE | |
| 8 | FUNDAMENTALISM | |
| Support a leader of theology after people misinterpreted Islam’s strict religious beliefs (14) | FUND + A +[(T)heology after MEN)] + anagram of ISLAM | |
| 10 | EQUITY | |
| Justice is quite confused by attorney’s conclusion (6) | Anagram of QUITE + attorne(Y) | |
| 11 | BRIAN ENO | |
| One in bar distracted musician influential in experimental music (5,3) | Anagram of ONE IN BAR | |
| 13 | PORE | |
| Opening is not very good according to audience (4) | Sounds like POOR | |
| 14 | INFALLIBLE | |
| Popular old story about misfortune returning is sure to succeed (10) | IN + [FABLE outside (ILL reversed)] | |
| 17 | REDISCOVER | |
| Once again find wine is finished after start of course (10) | RED + IS + [OVER after (C)ourse] | |
| 18 | DADO | |
| Decorated part of a wall constructed, in the end, with difficulty (4) | constructe(D) + ADO | |
| 20 | ORDAINED | |
| Radio broadcast retraction of study as required (8) | Anagram of RADIO + (DEN reversed) | |
| 22 | PRESET | |
| Research in particular should be arranged in advance (6) | RES inside PET | |
| 24 | POLITICAL PARTY | |
| Albanese’s mob stuffing art policy – it upset group in parliament (9,5) | ALP inside anagram of ART POLICY IT | |
| 25 | PIDGIN | |
| Sort of lipreading not catering for “real” language (6) | Anagram of LIPREADING minus REAL | |
| 26 | TILLER | |
| One who works the land steering contraption (6) | Double Definition | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | CONCURRED | |
| Agreed about scoundrel consumed by credibility (9) | (ON + CUR) inside CRED | |
| 3 | ROASTS | |
| Hot joints, for instance, counted among spoils (6) | AS inside ROTS | |
| 4 | DEEP | |
| Intellectual visited ladies, say, heading west (4) | PEED reversed | |
| 5 | ALTERNATES | |
| A large seabird at centre of nest takes turns (10) | A + L + TERN + AT + n(ES)t | |
| 6 | CULPABLE | |
| Competition expert, punched by learner, is at fault (8) | (CUP + ABLE) outside L | |
| 7 | PASSE | |
| Old hat faded almost completely (5) | (PASSE)d | |
| 8 | FREE PARDON | |
| Noble turned up in remote district, initially assigned to Amnesty (4,6) | PEER reversed inside FAR + (D)istrict + ON | |
| 9 | NOTEWORTHY | |
| Striking, not strange theory, based around tungsten (10) | NOT + anagram of THEORY outside W | |
| 12 | INDONESIAN | |
| Asian one is briefly adopted by another? (10) | ONES inside INDIAN | |
| 15 | BRASSERIE | |
| Fresh berries offered outside a small restaurant (9) | Anagram of BERRIES outside (A + S) | |
| 16 | ASPIRING | |
| One in a vault is ambitious (8) | I inside (A + SPRING) | |
| 19 | PROPEL | |
| Footballer held down flankers to move ahead? (6) | PROP + h)EL(d | |
| 21 | DHOTI | |
| Hindu garment currently fashionable in the outskirts of Delhi? (5) | HOT inside (D)elh(I) | |
| 23 | PART | |
| Leave hazard on course raked over (4) | TRAP reversed |
