| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | HOLD WATER | |
| Veteran in the war ordered to stand up (4,5) | OLD inside anagram of THE WAR | |
| 6 | GLASS | |
| Gravity used by young lady tumbler, say (5) | G + LASS | |
| 9 | UNMET | |
| Troubled men in trade union, returned not satisfied (5) | Anagram of MEN inside (TU reversed) | |
| 10 | ALIENATOR | |
| A story, right, about NATO force that’s hostile? (9) | (A + LIE + R) outside NATO | |
| 11 | CAST-OFFS | |
| Large amount of cash offered by gentlemen for unwanted clothes (4-4) | (CAS)H + TOFFS | |
| 12 | CRIMEA | |
| Lawlessness acknowledged by a part of the Ukraine (6) | CRIME + A | |
| 14 | SMUT | |
| Pornography turned children’s stomachs (4) | TUMS reversed | |
| 15 | CHARLOTTE | |
| Slightly burn and share tea before a dessert (9) | CHAR + LOT + (TE)A | |
| 17 | ON THE BALL | |
| Is deserting this during one social event smart? (2,3,4) | (THIS minus IS) inside ONE + BALL | |
| 19 | SHED | |
| The girl had space for storage (4) | Double Definition | |
| 22 | SCALER | |
| Mountain man’s fishing equipment (6) | Double Definition | |
| 23 | HOME PAGE | |
| Record included in tribute item put up on the Net (4,4) | EP inside HOMAGE | |
| 25 | PHENOMENA | |
| People in possession of a phone organised remarkable events (9) | MEN inside anagram of A PHONE | |
| 26 | BATHE | |
| Swim about, leaving to get some air (5) | BREATHE minus RE | |
| 27 | DANDY | |
| Dodgy landlady fleeced of all capital (5) | Anagram of LANDLADY minus ALL | |
| 28 | BELLYACHE | |
| Docked yacht owned by good-looker – a bitch (9) | (YACH)T inside BELLE | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | HAUNCH | |
| Feeling spread around a hip (6) | HUNCH outside A | |
| 2 | LUMP SUM | |
| Fixed up slum with millions – that’s a lot of money (4,3) | Anagram of UP SLUM + M | |
| 3 | WITHOUT CEREMONY | |
| Card game’s back – held in converted country home informally (7,8) | WIT + [GAM(E) inside anagram of COUNTRY HOME] | |
| 4 | TRAFFIC JAM | |
| Rising uncertainty inside craft oddly spread congestion (7,3) | IF reversed inside anagram of CRAFT + JAM | |
| 5 | RAIL | |
| False witness stood up to abuse (4) | LIAR reversed | |
| 6 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
| Mounting confusion within, really began changing part of the UN (7,8) | MESS reversed inside anagram of REALLY BEGAN | |
| 7 | ATTEMPT | |
| A worker who doesn’t always get to work in time, doubled effort (7) | A + [TEMP inside (T + T)} | |
| 8 | SURFACED | |
| Breakers died after top one came out (8) | SURF + (D after ACE) | |
| 13 | WALL-TO-WALL | |
| Widespread flounder seen around mouth of tributary by everyone (4-2-4) | WALLOW outside (T)RIBUTARY + ALL | |
| 16 | GOSSIPED | |
| Retired villain, drilled by foreign spies, talked (8) | DOG reversed outside anagram of SPIES | |
| 18 | TRADE ON | |
| Take advantage of race not going forward ahead of time (5,2) | DART reversed + EON | |
| 20 | ELASTIC | |
| Moulded cleat is rubbery (7) | Anagram of CLEAT IS | |
| 21 | DELETE | |
| Take out rent documented in abridged contract (6) | LET inside (DEE)D | |
| 24 | HERB | |
| Sprigs of rather big plant with useful properties (4) | ratHER Big |
