| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | MIDAS TOUCH | |
| One bound by strange custom had the ability to make money easily (5,5) | I inside anagram of CUSTOM HAD | |
| 6 | ITEM | |
| Demented inmate losing an object (4) | Anagram of INMATE minus AN | |
| 10 | FILL IN THE BLANKS | |
| What you do to supply missing information? (4,2,3,6) | Cryptic/Double Definition of sorts | |
| 11 | LEG IT | |
| Authorised run (3,2) | Double Definition | |
| 12 | HERMITAGE | |
| Tradition broken by mass retreat (9) | HERITAGE outside M | |
| 13 | RETICENT | |
| Subpoena returned in break is reserved (8) | CITE reversed inside RENT | |
| 15 | ISSUED | |
| Trimmed leather backing is brought out (6) | (SUED)e after IS | |
| 18 | HIDING | |
| Front-end of Honda, one with minor damage, is under cover (6) | (H)onda + I + DING | |
| 19 | MEASURER | |
| Male auditor pushed around confident assessor (8) | (M + EAR) outside SURE | |
| 22 | TELEPHOTO | |
| The unfilled pothole damaged camera gear? (9) | T(h)E + anagram of POTHOLE | |
| 24 | SELLS | |
| Disposes of batteries in a sound way (5) | Sounds like CELLS | |
| 25 | FUNERAL DIRECTOR | |
| Undertaker’s enjoyment riled a distraught churchman (7,8) | FUN + anagram of RILED A + RECTOR | |
| 26 | LANK | |
| Long and thin pieces of wood with trimmed ends (4) | (p)LANK(s) | |
| 27 | REPORTEDLY | |
| Sort of red to put in e-mail option according to accounts (10) | Anagram of RED TO inside REPLY | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | MUFFLER | |
| Fractured femur, swollen by fluid, could be warmer (7) | Anagram of FEMUR outside FL | |
| 2 | DELIGHTED | |
| Very happy person who stands out in act (9) | LIGHT inside DEED | |
| 3 | SWIFT | |
| Reel for winding yarn was originally secured by bolt (5) | (W)AS inside SIFT | |
| 4 | OUTSHINE | |
| One planted around hut is not normally put in the shade (8) | ONE outside anagram of HUT IS | |
| 5 | CHEERS | |
| All the best Roman drivers avoiding a riot (6) | CHARIOTEERS minus (A RIOT) | |
| 7 | TINEA | |
| Traces of ointment in each athlete’s foot, say (5) | ointmenT IN EAch | |
| 8 | MISLEAD | |
| Fool seeing red on shores of place surrounded by water (7) | MAD outside ISLE | |
| 9 | ELLIPSIS | |
| One captivated by dizzy spell is…? (8) | I inside anagram of SPELL + IS | |
| 14 | CONSPIRE | |
| Military leader revised sniper’s plan (8) | CO + anagram of SNIPER | |
| 16 | UNRELATED | |
| Run all over the place, happy and independent (9) | Anagram of RUN + ELATED | |
| 17 | GERONIMO | |
| Chief’s region reviewed way of working? (8) | Anagram of REGION + MO | |
| 18 | HATEFUL | |
| Bonnet, say, put over fuel blended with repellent (7) | HAT + anagram of FUEL | |
| 20 | RESPRAY | |
| Reps rescheduled a little light paint job (7) | Anagram of REPS + RAY | |
| 21 | COLLIE | |
| One may work on a farm with digger mostly (6) | (COLLIE)R | |
| 23 | LINEN | |
| Cord attached to end of green cloth (5) | LINE + GREE(N) | |
| 24 | SWEPT | |
| Seats over time should be cleaned (5) | PEWS reversed + T |
