| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PURSER | |
| Ship’s officer is not taken by surprise at sea (6) | Anagram of SURPRISE minus IS | |
| 4 | THUMBS-UP | |
| Bus involved in crash is OK (6-2) | Anagram of BUS inside THUMP | |
| 10 | PSALTER | |
| Note added to letter to change devotional book (7) | PS + ALTER | |
| 11 | TODDLER | |
| Small child left in the care of tense stranger (7) | L inside (T + ODDER) | |
| 12 | ROMAN CATHOLICS | |
| Christ, a cool man, transformed believers (5,9) | Anagram of CHRIST A COOL MAN | |
| 14 | REPRESENTS | |
| Agent doesn’t like displays (10) | REP + RESENTS | |
| 17 | WOMB | |
| One part of woman taken over by baby primarily? (4) | WOMAN with AN replaced by (B)ABY | |
| 19 | IMAM | |
| I am a leader of muslims (4) | IM + A + (M)USLIMS | |
| 20 | SOLDIERS ON | |
| Head of state with elderly senior somehow keeps going (8,2) | (S)TATE + OLD + anagram of SENIOR | |
| 24 | INVESTIGATIONS | |
| Anti-Soviet sign disrupted inquiries (14) | Anagram of ANTISOVIET SIGN | |
| 27 | ROISTER | |
| One tucking into roll with swagger (7) | I inside ROSTER | |
| 28 | NIGHTIE | |
| Undercover outfit’s close match (7) | NIGH + TIE | |
| 29 | STEADY ON | |
| Remain calm, say, and don’t get excited taking ecstasy (6,2) | Anagram of (SAY + DONT) outside E | |
| 30 | ANORAK | |
| Fabric of cardigan or a knitted jacket? (6) | cardigAN OR A Knitted | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PAPER TRAIL | |
| Boss’s offsider, fresh on attack, documented evidence linking events (5,5) | PA + PERT + RAIL | |
| 2 | REALM | |
| Genuine male’s field of study (5) | REAL + M | |
| 3 | EXTENDED | |
| Long message not started and finished (8) | T(EXT) + ENDED | |
| 5 | HATCHET | |
| Cleaver that chef nearly tossed (7) | Anagram of (THAT CHE)F | |
| 6 | MODULE | |
| Overdose taken by drug trafficker in a self-contained unit (6) | OD inside MULE | |
| 7 | SELECTORS | |
| They choose to interview, mostly, readers in college (9) | (SE)E + LECTORS | |
| 8 | PART | |
| Leave hazard on course raked over (4) | TRAP reversed | |
| 9 | URBANE | |
| Cosmopolitan centre to cure misery (6) | C(UR)E + BANE | |
| 13 | T-BONE STEAK | |
| Piece of meat cooked best on wood (1-4,5) | Anagram of BEST ON + TEAK | |
| 15 | PLAINTIVE | |
| Woeful piano ain’t used in broadcast at time of performing (9) | P + (AINT inside LIVE) | |
| 16 | NIL | |
| Digital screen not showing a zero (3) | NAIL minus A | |
| 18 | PENTAGON | |
| Write touching play for children about regular figure (8) | PEN + TAG + ON | |
| 21 | ONTARIO | |
| Place in Canada, not a mismanaged resort town (7) | Anagram of NOT A + RIO | |
| 22 | DUGONG | |
| Ocean swimmer turned over on back to sting (6) | DUG + ON + STIN(G) | |
| 23 | NESTED | |
| Street, in time of shortage, is settled (6) | ST inside NEED | |
| 25 | OUTER | |
| Peripheral network devices with limitations removed (5) | R(OUTER)S | |
| 26 | PROS | |
| Masters abbreviated ordinary language (4) | (PROS)E |
David – congratulations on 17a. They don’t come any better than this.
Regarding 19a: Could this be regarded as an &lit (def. = “I am a leader of Muslims”)? Or, strictly speaking, is it a semi-&lit (def. = “leader of Muslims”)?