| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SWERVING | |
| First point from Williams in tennis play is moving away (8) | W inside SERVING | |
| 5 | WALL UP | |
| Put barricades around opening of well with everything included (4,2) | W + ALL-UP | |
| 9 | See 22-down | |
| 10 | ROLLS OVER | |
| Type of car occupied by learners that will do turns (5,4) | ROVER outside (LL+ SO) | |
| 12 | RETINUE | |
| Members of committee unite recently retired staff (7) | committeE UNITE Recently reversed | |
| 13 | FARADAY | |
| English physicist is very much at the forefront of a period of enlightenment? (7) | FAR + A + DAY | |
| 14 | ORAL | |
| All but the first part of lesson is not written down (4) | (m)ORAL | |
| 15 | REPAINTS | |
| Coats again aren’t commonly carried by salesmen (8) | AINT inside REPS | |
| 19 | PERSONAE | |
| Theatrical roles for a male child are lacking heart? (8) | PER + SON + A(r)E | |
| 21 & 25dn |
FAIR CATCH | |
| Mark’s pet, children found at the end of show (4,5) | (CAT + CH) behind FAIR | |
| 25 & 8dn |
CONCERT PARTY | |
| Group of variety performers resorted to carpentry after opening of clubs (7,5) | Anagram of TO CARPENTRY after C | |
| 26 | RETICLE | |
| Network appreciated by viewers? (7) | Cryptic Definition | |
| 27 | TULIP TREE | |
| Working group disturbed reptile in yellow poplar (5,4) | TU + anagram of REPTILE | |
| 28 | INERT | |
| A section sliced from infected retina is unresponsive (5) | Anagram of RETINA minus A | |
| 29 | HUTTON | |
| Old English cricketer’s building a good score (6) | HUT + TON | |
| 30 | DEPLETED | |
| Page connected with permit in legal document is used up (8) | (P + LET) inside DEED | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SUGAR SOAP | |
| Pours a gas combined with basic cleaning fluid (5,4) | Anagram of POURS A GAS | |
| 2 | ELECTRA | |
| Settle on river discovered by a daughter of Agamemnon (7) | ELECT + R + A | |
| 3 | VIKING | |
| Scandinavian adventurer opposing one member of the royal family (6) | V + I + KING | |
| 4 | NURSED | |
| User beaten up in centre of London should be given medical attention (6) | Anagram of USER inside lo(ND)on | |
| 6 | AUSTRIAN | |
| American, travelling in a train, roughed up a person from Europe (8) | US inside anagram of A TRAIN | |
| 7 | LIVED-IN | |
| Marked by life’s experience, criminal set up racket (5-2) | EVIL reversed + DIN | |
| 8 | See 25-across | |
| 11 | LIFTED | |
| Supervised making sandwich of one foot that should be picked up? (6) | LED outside (I + FT) | |
| 16 | SURFEITED | |
| Distribution of fruit seed is stuffed (9) | Anagram of FRUIT SEED | |
| 17 | COME UP TO | |
| Match is near (4,2,2) | Double definition | |
| 18 | CARTER | |
| Leader of Turkey embraced by tender old US president (6) | T inside CARER | |
| 20 | RINGLET | |
| Girl, ten, messed up hair (7) | Anagram of GIRL TEN | |
| 22 & 9ac |
ANCIENT GREEK | |
| Alexander the Great, say, one energetic, excited king (7,5) | AN + anagram of ENERGETIC + K | |
| 23 | BREEZE | |
| Cheeses reportedly may lead to a little bit of wind (6) | Sounds like BRIES | |
| 24 | AT WILL | |
| When one chooses a woven fabric (2,4) | A + TWILL | |
| 25 | See 21-across |
