| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | AMBITION | |
| Worked in a tomb harbouring one objective (8) | Anagram of IN A TOMB outside I | |
| 5 | AGENCY | |
| Get old head of communications put into New York bureau (6) | AGE + (C inside NY) | |
| 9 | REALM | |
| Kingdom’s right claimed by tortured male (5) | R inside anagram of MALE | |
| 10 | TEDDY BEAR | |
| Betrayed crook pocketing child’s last toy (5,4) | Anagram of BETRAYED outside chil(D) | |
| 12 | ANKLE-BITER | |
| One young elk held back by an excited tribe (5-5) | ELK reversed inside (AN + anagram of TRIBE) | |
| 13 | ULNA | |
| Last two-thirds of manual redefined a section of framework (4) | Anagram of ma(NUAL) | |
| 15 | ENTRY FEE | |
| Cost of starting branch fellow in course (5,3) | (Y + F) inside ENTREE | |
| 17 | BALSAM | |
| Corkwood planted next to minute flowering plant (6) | BALSA + M | |
| 20 | BEWARE | |
| Steer clear of conflict in meeting for work (6) | WAR inside BEE | |
| 22 | RENEGADE | |
| Traitor’s grenade exploded close to base (8) | Anagram of GRENADE + bas(E) | |
| 26 | NAZI | |
| National socialist’s extreme letters found in Northern Ireland (4) | (A + Z) inside NI | |
| 27 | HOSPITABLE | |
| Helpful shop replaced one item of furniture (10) | Anagram of SHOP + I + TABLE | |
| 29 | LANDMINES | |
| Explosives and munitions primarily stored in rows (9) | [AND + (M)unitions] inside LINES | |
| 30 | AVERT | |
| Turn away a vet carrying ram’s head (5) | A + VET outside R | |
| 31 | SEDATE | |
| See disheartened partner is not disturbed by passion or excitement? (6) | S(e)E + DATE | |
| 32 | ADULATED | |
| Praised article penned by mature newspaperman (8) | A inside ADULT + ED | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | ACREAGE | |
| Farm unrestricted area in a confined space? (7) | a)RE(a inside (A + CAGE) | |
| 2 | BRACKET | |
| Support stake carrying strain (7) | BET outside RACK | |
| 3 | TIMBERYARD | |
| I am shown in by trader mixed up with supplier of building materials (10) | IM inside anagram of BY TRADER | |
| 4 | OUTLINED | |
| Traced lot due in not in order (8) | Anagram of LOT DUE IN | |
| 6 | GUYS | |
| Makes fun of people generally (4) | Double Defintiion | |
| 7 | NEEDLES | |
| Sewers could be unnecessary shortly (7) | NEEDLES(s) | |
| 8 | YARDARM | |
| Something connected to a sail damaged my radar (7) | Anagram of MY RADAR | |
| 11 | DEEP | |
| Linked part of double episode is greatly involved? (4) | episoDE EPisode | |
| 14 | PAPER TRAIL | |
| Boss’s offsider, fresh on attack, documented evidence linking events (5,5) | PA + PERT + RAIL | |
| 16 | NEE | |
| One elephant’s foetus is born? (3) | oNE Elephant | |
| 18 | ADD | |
| Dad tinkered with total (3) | Anagram of DAD | |
| 19 | DESPISED | |
| Speed is distributed by dealers initially held in contempt (8) | Anagram of SPEED IS + (D)ealers | |
| 20 | BUNGLES | |
| Worthless subordinate, before finishing, messes up (7) | BUNG + (LES)s | |
| 21 | WIZENED | |
| Variety of NZ weed, absorbing iodine, shrivelled up (7) | Anagram of NZ WEED outside I | |
| 23 | AMBIENT | |
| Going around a computer store that is not short of nothing! (7) | A + MB + IE +N(o)T | |
| 24 | ERECTED | |
| Fixed up time included in amended decree (7) | T inside anagram of DECREE | |
| 25 | DO IN | |
| Murder, one committed in the presence of mafia boss (2,2) | I inside DON | |
| 28 | SMUT | |
| Pornography turned children’s stomachs (4) | TUMS reversed |
