| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | ENVIRONMENTAL | |
| Green with envy – mainly tough nuts (13) | (ENV)y + IRON + MENTAL | |
| 9 | ANCHORS | |
| They host employees of ranch or station (7) | rANCH OR Station | |
| 10 | SPINNER | |
| Bowler’s wrong ‘un cut by Pakistan’s opener (7) | SINNER outside (P)akistan | |
| 11 | SHIFT | |
| Change hydrogen in filter (5) | H inisde SIFT | |
| 12 | CATCHES UP | |
| Draws level at chess – almost – in tournament (7,2) | [AT + (CHES)s] inside CUP | |
| 13 | DRIPPING | |
| Fat Duck’s starter – excellent (8) | (D)uck + RIPPING | |
| 15 | TOECAP | |
| Retired expert wearing superior piece of footwear (6) | (ACE reversed) inside TOP | |
| 18 | TREATS | |
| Artiste losing heart organised free entertainment? (6) | Anagram of ART(i)STE | |
| 19 | NOSE-RING | |
| Head of Nabisco ignores confused stock controller (4-4) | (N)abisco + anagram of IGNORES | |
| 22 | MICROCODE | |
| One large reptile in approach – it runs at a low level (9) | ( I + CROC) inside MODE | |
| 24 | CABLE | |
| A bearing out of balance buckled line (5) | Anagram of BAL(a+n)CE | |
| 25 | TRIPLED | |
| Ran after error and got to third-base on one hit (7) | LED after TRIP | |
| 26 | OLD SALT | |
| Mariner lost lad at sea (3,4) | Anagram of LOST LAD | |
| 27 | FIRST OFFENDER | |
| One-time criminal’s trees not available in green? (5,8) | FIRS + (OFF inside TENDER) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | ELAPSED | |
| Change to speed proposed around US city is passed (7) | Anagram of SPEED outside LA | |
| 2 | VICTIMISE | |
| Tim is held by US police department to punish unjustly (9) | (TIM + IS) inside VICE | |
| 3 | ROOST | |
| Members of mob head to this place to sleep (5) | ROOS + (T)his | |
| 4 | NOSE-CONE | |
| Unimportant person brought around second part of missile (4-4) | NO-ONE outside SEC | |
| 5 | ERSATZ | |
| Number of keepers at zoo may be unnatural (6) | keepERS AT Zoo | |
| 6 | THIGHBONE | |
| Section of frame is tall and black in colour (9) | (HIGH + B) inside TONE | |
| 7 | LINKS | |
| Head of Lloyds signs bonds (5) | (L)loyds + INKS | |
| 8 | TRIP UP | |
| Trim tailless dog and make a mistake (4,2) | TRI(m) + PUP | |
| 14 | PATROLLER | |
| Gentle touch – it might eventually break guard (9) | PAT + ROLLER | |
| 16 | CHIPBOARD | |
| Reconstructed wood in box mostly wrapped in stiff paper (9) | [HIP + (BO)x] inside CARD | |
| 17 | LONE WOLF | |
| Individualist left one stream heading north (4,4) | L + ONE + (FLOW reversed) | |
| 18 | TOMATO | |
| Fruit slices from depot a mother sent back (6) | depOT A MOTher reversed | |
| 20 | GREATER | |
| Gross person finishing course, perhaps, could be bigger (7) | GR + EATER | |
| 21 | HOLD IT | |
| Stop veteran wearing clobber (4,2) | OLD inside HIT | |
| 23 | CHIEF | |
| Primary source of mains, perhaps, carrying electric current (5) | CHEF outside I | |
| 24 | CADRE | |
| Nucleus of key personnel died in custody (5) | D inside CARE |
