| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | LAWYER | |
| Bar worker was lacking, for instance, in bed (6) | (WAS minus AS) inside LAYER | |
| 4 | GALLOPER | |
| American girl, one with a long stride, is a pretty quick runner (8) | GAL + LOPER | |
| 9 | TRADERS | |
| Trash mostly plugged by retired wine merchants (7) | (TRAS) outside (RED reversed) | |
| 11 | TANGRAM | |
| Puzzle bug reversed by computer unit (7) | GNAT reversed + RAM | |
| 12 | LIGHT-FINGERED | |
| Dishonest and brilliant fellow suffering terrible greed (5-8) | LIGHT + F + IN + anagram of GREED | |
| 14 | OPERAS | |
| Dramatic events are held back by operations (6) | OPS outside (ARE reversed) | |
| 15 | CALCUTTA | |
| Large share of money invested in boat by a port in India once (8) | (L + CUT) inside CAT + A | |
| 18 | ENTRENCH | |
| Set entree wench served without lamb, say? (8) | ENTREe weNCH | |
| 20 | MINDED | |
| Opening of duct in dug should be looked after (6) | (D)UCT inside MINED | |
| 23 | INSTANT COFFEE | |
| Beverage served by cafe isn’t often brewed (7,6) | Anagram of CAFE ISNT OFTEN | |
| 26 | ROSTRUM | |
| Support for speaker rose briefly with Trump releasing pressure (7) | (ROS)E + (TRUMP minus P) | |
| 27 | TRIFLED | |
| Wasted time and took flight after trip ended early (7) | FLED after (TRI)P | |
| 28 | ATTITUDE | |
| Flighty singer in a duet changed position? (8) | TIT inside anagram of A DUET | |
| 29 | LENDER | |
| Bank merger lacking initial support? (6) | B(LENDER) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | LITTLE ONES | |
| Illuminated lot seen reforming young children (6,4) | LIT + anagram of LOT SEEN | |
| 2 | WRANGLE | |
| Dispute world record set by fish (7) | WR + ANGLE | |
| 3 | EVENTUATE | |
| Give rise to fair trade union at opening of exhibition (9) | EVEN + TU + AT + (E)XHIBITION | |
| 5 | ANTIGUAN | |
| West Indian nest builder – tailless lizard? (8) | ANT + (IGUAN)A | |
| 6 | LINER | |
| Ship a protective covering (5) | Double Definition | |
| 7 | PERIDOT | |
| Green gemstone is beautiful, being a small speck (7) | PERI + DOT | |
| 8 | ROMP | |
| Ace not included in broadcast of pro-am’s easy victory (4) | Anagram of PROAM minus A | |
| 10 | SOIL | |
| Last drop of precious lubricant is dirty (4) | PRECIOU(S) + OIL | |
| 13 | CARD READER | |
| Great fear admitted by one who minds old computer input device (4,6) | DREAD inside CARER | |
| 16 | CRINOLINE | |
| Stiff material made of carbon and iron buckled line (9) | C + anagram of IRON + LINE | |
| 17 | SCRAMMED | |
| Head of school studied hard and left quickly (8) | (S)CHOOL + CRAMMED | |
| 19 | TWINSET | |
| Achieve success in experiment mounting paired gear (7) | WIN inside (TEST reversed) | |
| 21 | DEFILED | |
| Contaminated food store had food stored up (7) | (DELI + FED) reversed | |
| 22 | STAT | |
| Selection of most, a terrific sports figure, perhaps (4) | moST A Terrific | |
| 24 | STRUT | |
| Ordinary routine seen after street parade (5) | RUT after ST | |
| 25 | ARIA | |
| People leaving Armenia performed song (4) | ARMENIA minus MEN |
