| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SOCIABLE | |
| Outgoing taxi transporting one parting individual (8) | (I inside CAB) inside SOLE | |
| 5 | FARROW | |
| A good way to scrap litter (6) | FAR + ROW | |
| 9 | EPILEPSY | |
| Nervous disorder may be written down in records close to surgery (8) | PILE inside EPS + SURGER(Y) | |
| 10 | WEAPON | |
| Gained victory holding modified pea shooter, say (6) | WON outside anagram of PEA | |
| 12 | HOARD | |
| Put away ring found in complex (5) | O inside HARD | |
| 13 | OVERSHOOT | |
| Drive away in public and go too far (9) | SHOO inside OVERT | |
| 15 | LENIENT | |
| Tender that is needed initially in period of little consumption (7) | [IE + (N)EEDED] inside LENT | |
| 17 | SPATULA | |
| St Paul reworked second part of Galatians – it’s uplifting (7) | Anagram of ST PAUL + G(A)LATIANS | |
| 19 | GRANTEE | |
| Social worker, consumed by greed, docked person given money (7) | ANT inside (GREE)D | |
| 21 | SICKENS | |
| One of the family, nursing a broken neck, falls ill (7) | SIS outside anagram of NECK | |
| 22 | TOTEM POLE | |
| Symbol a tribe used to love in a holy place (5,4) | TO + (O inside TEMPLE) | |
| 24 | RADIO | |
| Wireless controller, a diode to some extent (5) | controlleR A DIOde | |
| 26 | FRIEND | |
| Devil taking possession of king’s companion (6) | FIEND outside R(ex) | |
| 27 | FINALIST | |
| Swimming association to tip a possible winner (8) | FINA + LIST | |
| 28 | NUGGET | |
| Shooter recalled contract item that’s valuable (6) | GUN reversed + GET | |
| 29 | CHANDLER | |
| Dealer caught with boxer’s trainer (8) | C + HANDLER | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SEE THE LIGHT | |
| Understand rage shown by moderate (3,3,5) | SEETHE + LIGHT | |
| 2 | CHINA | |
| Boxer’s target – a national title (5) | CHIN + A | |
| 3 | AMENDMENT | |
| Change commercial about people – people heading to town (9) | AD outside MEN + MEN + (T)OWN | |
| 4 | LOSE OUT | |
| Group living on the outskirts of Seoul greatly suffer (4,3) | LOT outside (SEOU)L | |
| 6 | AREAS | |
| Fields are grassy in the centre (5) | ARE + GR(AS)SY | |
| 7 | REPRODUCE | |
| Clone expert breaking contract (9) | PRO inside REDUCE | |
| 8 | WAN | |
| White waterbird down south (3) | SWAN minus S | |
| 11 | SEES | |
| Watches first and last parts of a three-part series (4) | (SE)RI(ES) | |
| 14 | TRANSPORTER | |
| Large truck handled diversion going into territory (11) | (RAN + SPORT) inside TER | |
| 16 | NEAR THING | |
| Leader kept from revealing close call (4,5) | U(NEARTHING) | |
| 18 | ASCERTAIN | |
| Fix broken car seat at home (9) | Anagram of CAR SEAT + IN | |
| 20 | EROS | |
| Cross held up God (4) | SORE reversed | |
| 21 | SWEDISH | |
| Edition written in elegant language (7) | ED inside SWISH | |
| 23 | MANSE | |
| Part of clergyman’s estate? (5) | clergyMANS Estate | |
| 25 | DRILL | |
| Instruction tool that gets a bit used (5) | Double Definition | |
| 26 | FIN | |
| Stabiliser of high quality mostly (3) | (FIN)E |
