| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PUSH OFF | |
| Leave smoke floating around shop just before closing (4,3) | PUFF outside (SHO)P | |
| 5 | PACIFY | |
| One fellow taking part in fast is quiet (6) | (I + F) inside PACY | |
| 9 | TONED | |
| Items from great one definitely changed colour (5) | greaT ONE Definitely | |
| 10 | APPENDAGE | |
| Write first section of document in a part of book supplement (9) | [PEN + (D)OCUMENT] inside (A + PAGE) | |
| 11 | IN SPADES | |
| Residents of certain spa described emphatically (2,6) | certaIN SPA DEScribed | |
| 12 | JERKIN | |
| Yank wearing a close-fitting jacket (6) | JERK + IN | |
| 14 | HOLDING PATTERN | |
| Flying course taken by pilot going nowhere? (7,7) | Cryptic Definition | |
| 16 | SPECTATOR SPORT | |
| Top actress drunkenly left much-watched activity (9,5) | Anagram of TOP ACTRESS + PORT | |
| 20 | RECANT | |
| Take back car briefly used in lease (6) | (CA)R inside RENT | |
| 22 | CALAMINE | |
| Zinc ore and carbon according to a supplier of ore (8) | C + A LA + MINE | |
| 24 | EMBELLISH | |
| Centrepiece of Bohemian ring is hard to beautify? (9) | Boh(EM)ian + BELL + IS + H | |
| 25 | EARTH | |
| Sensor is extracted from this ground (5) | EAR + (THIS minus IS) | |
| 26 | MENDED | |
| Healed people died without one (6) | MEN + (DIED minus I) | |
| 27 | DROWNED | |
| Doctor had swallowed water and died (7) | DR + OWNED | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PUTRID | |
| Commit clear foul (6) | PUT + RID | |
| 2 | SANDSTONE | |
| Spain, oddly, doesn’t broadcast rock (9) | SpAiN + anagram of DOESNT | |
| 3 | OLD HAND | |
| Hold orderly as well as an experienced person (3,4) | Anagram of HOLD + AND | |
| 4 | FRATERNITY | |
| A sea-bird – it nested in young boys’ club (10) | (A + TERN + IT) inside FRY | |
| 5 | PIPE | |
| Smoker’s panatella almost completely stubbed out in dish? (4) | (P)anatella inside PIE | |
| 6 | CONTENT | |
| Kid with camping gear is quite happy (7) | CON + TENT | |
| 7 | FRANK | |
| Force shown by formation of soldiers is to the point (5) | F + RANK | |
| 8 | PENNON | |
| Old money largely being supported by standard (6) | (PENN)Y + ON | |
| 13 | APPROACHED | |
| A quiet veteran, hurt, came to (10) | A + P + PRO + ACHED | |
| 15 | EARLIER ON | |
| Before hearing organ, one with pride showed around the Queen (7,2) | EAR + (LION outside ER) | |
| 16 | SORBET | |
| Eyeball found in prepared dish that’s frozen (6) | ORB inside SET | |
| 17 | TINKLED | |
| Ink was placed first in order after stockist finally rang (7) | (INK + LED) after STOCKIS(T) | |
| 18 | PLACEBO | |
| Remember most of boy’s useless medication (7) | PLACE + (BO)Y | |
| 19 | METHOD | |
| Overdose of drugs is routine (6) | METH OD | |
| 21 | CABLE | |
| Hire car left front of extended line (5) | CAB + L + (E)XTENDED | |
| 23 | RIND | |
| Peel pieces of pear individually (4) | peaR INDividually |
