| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PIGGISH | |
| Goody-goody with no right is mean (7) | PRIGGISH minus R | |
| 5 | UNMEANT | |
| United Nations convened about a final part to resolution that’s not intended (7) | UN + MET outside (A +N) | |
| 9 | RAIDS | |
| Military attacks leader of rebellious supporters (5) | R + AIDS | |
| 10 | MATERNITY | |
| Ward arranged rent with it in one month (9) | (Anagram of RENT + IT) inside MAY | |
| 11 | SELF-RELIANCE | |
| Refill ordered in a meeting of spiritualists with confidence (4-8) | Anagram of REFILL inside SEANCE | |
| 14 | ARTISAN | |
| Powerless freedom fighter may be a crafty person? (7) | (p)ARTISAN | |
| 15 | SNOOKER | |
| Ballgame is not short of time permitted in series (7) | [(NOT minus T) + OK] inside SER | |
| 16 | DUE | |
| Outstanding pair of performers finished early (3) | DUE(t) | |
| 17 | LINK-UPS | |
| Large punk is not normally associated with unions (4-3) | L + anagram od PUNK IS | |
| 19 | AL DENTE | |
| Chip dipped in alcohol is cooked so as to be firm when eaten (2,5) | DENT inside ALE | |
| 21 | BACKBREAKING | |
| Baker, bashed in vehicle, hired retired master for killing (12) | Anagram of BAKER inside (CAB reversed + KING) | |
| 25 | POLLINATE | |
| Fertilise different parts of alpine lot (9) | Anagram of ALPINE LOT | |
| 26 | TIE-IN | |
| Correspondence that is sealed in a metal container (3-2) | IE inside TIN | |
| 27 | SINCERE | |
| Seeing that tree with bark stripped is natural? (7) | SINCE + t)RE(e | |
| 28 | EXCUSES | |
| They’re broken up about copper with small reasons for failure (7) | EXES outside (CU + S) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PERISHABLE | |
| Pale herb, cultivated outside, is easily spoilt (10) | Anagram of PALE HERB outside IS | |
| 2 | GUILLOTINE | |
| Ruse capturing group in revolutionary chopper (10) | GUILE outside (LOT + IN) | |
| 3 | INSURES | |
| Provides cover for users relocated at the back of home (7) | Anagram of USERS behind IN | |
| 4 | HOMELANDS | |
| Mole worked over in custody, defined areas of national importance (9) | Anagram of MOLE inside HANDS | |
| 5 | ULTRA | |
| Extremist is a little unhelpful, tragically (5) | unhelpfUL TRAgically | |
| 6 | MOROCCO | |
| Croc moved around in low country (7) | Anagram of CROC inside MOO | |
| 7 | AXIS | |
| League, for instance, plugged by cricket team (4) | AS outside XI | |
| 8 | TOYS | |
| Tense boys decapitated dolls, for example (4) | T + (b)OYS | |
| 12 | SKIN-DIVERS | |
| Small family linked to several old underwater explorers (4-6) | S + KIN + DIVERS | |
| 13 | FREE AGENTS | |
| Fine teenagers confounded people lacking commitment (4,6) | F + anagram of TEENAGERS | |
| 15 | SEA BREEZE | |
| Doctor treated zebra injected with drug during visit (3,6) | (E inside anagram of ZEBRA) inside SEE | |
| 18 | UNALIKE | |
| Damaged ulna that is broken by brick, in the end is different (7) | Anagram of ULNA + [IE outside bric(K)] | |
| 20 | DRASTIC | |
| Drive with a puncture briefly? That’s desperate (7) | DR + A + STIC(k) | |
| 22 | KNAVE | |
| Characters from furniture van kindly set up jack (5) | furniturE VAN Kindly reversed | |
| 23 | APES | |
| Copies recordings with no introduction (4) | (t)APES | |
| 24 | PLAN | |
| Flyer detailed a proposal? (4) | PLAN(e) |
