| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | COME FORWARD | |
| Coward engaging me in place of volunteer (4,7) | COWARD outside (ME + FOR) | |
| 9 | PLASTIC | |
| Picture printed on both sides of most recent credit card (7) | PIC outside LAST | |
| 10 | SUCROSE | |
| Sugar, as such, largely increased in price (7) | (SUC)h + ROSE | |
| 11 | TRIANGLE | |
| A tingler that’s played with? (8) | Anagram of A TINGLER | |
| 12 | UNFAIR | |
| Centrepiece of county festival is a bit rough (6) | co(UN)ty + FAIR | |
| 14 | MAIM | |
| Wound male with object (4) | M + AIM | |
| 15 | STRATEGIST | |
| Tactician’s moving target is set in stone (10) | Anagram of TARGET IS inside ST | |
| 18 | MEDITATION | |
| Pondering time spent in good offices (10) | T inside MEDIATION | |
| 19 | STAG | |
| Associates of host, a Greek, like bachelor parties (4) | hoST A Greek | |
| 22 | SCALPS | |
| Promoter, at the front in class, wrongly sells tickets at inflated prices (6) | (P)romoter inside anagram of CLASS | |
| 24 | OFFICERS | |
| Committee members and volunteers interrupted by one heading to court (8) | OFFERS outside [I + (C)ourt] | |
| 26 | ILLICIT | |
| One in evil city cut down criminal (7) | I inside [ILL + (CIT)y] | |
| 27 | ATHLETE | |
| A let admitted by the tennis player possibly (7) | A + (LET inside THE) | |
| 28 | WELL-DRESSED | |
| Spruce’s spring seeds scattered beyond drive (4-7) | WELL + (anagram of SEEDS after DR) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CLARIFIED | |
| Head of closed airfield switched shed light on (9) | (C)losed + anagram of AIRFIELD | |
| 2 | MUTINY | |
| Greek character leading very small revolt (6) | MU + TINY | |
| 3 | FACILITATE | |
| One large one, in fact, consumed food with help (10) | (I + L + I) inside FACT + ATE | |
| 4 | ROSE | |
| Wine increased in price… (4) | Double Definition | |
| 5 | ASCENDED | |
| …as clubs closed (8) | AS + C + ENDED | |
| 6 | DOONA | |
| Work on a spread (5) | DO + ON + A | |
| 7 | SPUTUM | |
| Discharged matter presented in problem at school (6) | PUT inside SUM | |
| 8 | SECRET | |
| Confidential witness claiming credit ahead of time (6) | (SEE outside CR) + T | |
| 13 | CAMOUFLAGE | |
| Disguise hint of fennel in blended guacamole (10) | (F)ennel inside anagram of GUACAMOLE | |
| 16 | IN THE LEAD | |
| Winning headline strangely about end of Brexit (2,3,4) | Anagram of HEADLINE outside brexi(T) | |
| 17 | ATYPICAL | |
| Japanese money invested in redeveloped capital is exceptional (8) | Y inside anagram of CAPITAL | |
| 18 | MASHIE | |
| Club Med’s opening that is after eruption of a volcano (6) | (M)ed + (IE after ASH) | |
| 20 | GASKET | |
| It helps seal request listed in contract (6) | ASK inside GET | |
| 21 | NICHES | |
| Large number of Chinese worked in specialised areas (6) | Anagram of (CHINES)e | |
| 23 | ALLOW | |
| Put up with a large weather system (5) | A + L + LOW | |
| 25 | STUD | |
| Colt producer curtailed research (4) | (STUD)y |
