| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SUMMONED | |
| Called managing director about one after an amount of money (8) | (MD outside ONE) after SUM | |
| 5 | STABLE | |
| Small piece of furniture is solid (6) | S + TABLE | |
| 9 | LUNATIC | |
| Ulna broken by jerk out to lunch (7) | Anagram of ULNA + TIC | |
| 10 | STEP OUT | |
| Briefly leave pesto mixed with shelled nuts? (4,3) | Anagram of [PESTO + n)UT(s] | |
| 11 | TURNED AWAY | |
| Detective, engaged by weary aunt, refused and refused to help? (6,4) | D inside anagram of WEARY AUNT | |
| 12 | DEBT | |
| Foundation retrieved patient’s final financial obligation (4) | BED reversed + patien(T) | |
| 14 | CATALOGUE | |
| A journal seen in a cute, jumbled list of items (9) | (A + LOG) inside anagram of A CUTE | |
| 16 | IMAM | |
| I am a leader of muslims (4) | IM + A + (M)uslims | |
| 18 | OMEN | |
| Warning ladies down at the front (4) | (w)OMEN | |
| 19 | REPRESENT | |
| Stand for show once more (9) | Double Definition | |
| 21 | PULP | |
| Soapbox without it is trash (4) | PULPIT minus IT | |
| 22 | STRAIGHTEN | |
| Tension broken by head of Government with the amended order (10) | STRAIN outside [(G)overnment + anagram of THE] | |
| 25 | NATIONS | |
| Lots of people do parting gifts (7) | DONATIONS minus DO | |
| 26 | EDIFICE | |
| Body fellow removed from editor’s office building (7) | EDI(tors of)FICE | |
| 27 | RESIDE | |
| Live on the slope of a hill (6) | RE + SIDE | |
| 28 | INCLUDES | |
| Covers batting tips about driving primarily (8) | IN + [CLUES outside (D)riving] | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SOLSTICE | |
| Cosmic time – it’s close in a strange way (8) | Anagram of ITS CLOSE | |
| 2 | MANOR | |
| Inner parts of sanctum – an ordinary house and property? (5) | sanctuM AN ORdinary | |
| 3 | ON THE BLINK | |
| Thorium, used in one boron connection, is not working (2,3,5) | TH inside ONE + B + LINK | |
| 4 | EXCHANGE RATES | |
| Adjusted tax charge seen in values monitored by currency dealers (8,5) | Anagram of TAX CHARGE SEEN | |
| 6 | TIED | |
| Letters, carried by postie, delivered in a secure fashion (4) | posTIE Delivered | |
| 7 | BROKERAGE | |
| Trader’s business failed to continue unchecked (9) | BROKE + RAGE | |
| 8 | ESTATE | |
| Develop without opening a housing development (6) | (g)ESTATE | |
| 10 | SHAKESPEAREAN | |
| Student of literature gets to area covered by writer (13) | SHAKES + (AREA inside PEN) | |
| 13 | MIXED GRILL | |
| Cross rocky ridge in range of mill with tasty dish (5,5) | (X + anagram of RIDGE) inside MILL | |
| 15 | TEMPLATES | |
| Workers sometimes checking late models (9) | TEMPS outside LATE | |
| 17 | STINKERS | |
| Ratbags mess around in middle of lesson (8) | TINKER inside le(SS)on | |
| 20 | OPENER | |
| First in is not accepted by Reformed Pioneers (6) | Anagram of PIONEERS minus IS | |
| 23 | TRIED | |
| Triathlon writer for a newspaper is experienced (5) | TRI + ED | |
| 24 | CORD | |
| Fish biting end of angler’s line (4) | COD outside angle(R) |
