| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BUSH PIG | |
| Disease spreading around ship affected wild animal (4,3) | BUG outside anagram of SHIP | |
| 5 | PADDING | |
| Power generated by adding hot air (7) | P + ADDING | |
| 9 | SLATE | |
| Blast rock used in building (5) | Double Definition | |
| 10 | ORGANISER | |
| One who orders ring with specially-designed earrings (9) | O + anagram of EARRINGS | |
| 11 | RED GIANT | |
| One starring in Dragnet upset a big star (3,5) | I inside anagram of DRAGNET | |
| 12 | TUMBLE | |
| Fall and slip down side of abyss (6) | STUMBLE minus abys(S) | |
| 14 | TINY | |
| Small ring in toy replaced with one bearing (4) | T(O)Y replaced by (I + N) | |
| 15 | SKINCARE | |
| Scar injected with blood culture – ultimately a dermatologist’s job (8) | SCAR outside KIN + cultur(E) | |
| 18 | FOOTPATH | |
| Fellow developed photo at pedestrian course (8) | F + anagram of PHOTO AT | |
| 19 | FIFA | |
| Affair, not contained, troubled sports administration group? (4) | Anagram of a)FFAI(r | |
| 22 | PLAYER | |
| Actor and producer’s first film (6) | (P)roducer + LAYER | |
| 23 | DELICATE | |
| Lice sprayed in Escort requiring careful handling (8) | Anagram of LICE inside DATE | |
| 25 | NOISELESS | |
| Silent lionesses stirred (9) | Anagram of LIONESSES | |
| 26 | DRIVE | |
| Clubber’s shot right inside disreputable place? (5) | R inside DIVE | |
| 27 | TINKLED | |
| Ink was placed first in order after stockist finally rang (7) | (INK + LED) after stockis(T) | |
| 28 | NOMINAL | |
| Small tailored loan extended by short time (7) | Anagram of LOAN outside MIN(ute) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BASE RATE | |
| Borrowing figure set by a bank as rebate varied (4,4) | Anagram of AS REBATE | |
| 2 | STANDING OVATION | |
| House’s recognition, perhaps, and elected government, filmed by broadcaster (8,7) | (AND + IN + GOV) inside STATION | |
| 3 | PREFIX | |
| Game official, posing in photographs, is put at the front (6) | REF inside PIX | |
| 4 | GROUNDSMAN | |
| Circuits checked by general manager and an aerodrome mechanic (10) | ROUNDS inside GM + AN | |
| 5 | PAGE | |
| Pressure to get old and young attendant (4) | P + AGE | |
| 6 | DENOUNCE | |
| Speak out against study with very little weight (8) | DEN + OUNCE | |
| 7 | INSUBORDINATION | |
| Rebellion binds our troubled island country (15) | Anagram of BINDS OUR + I + NATION | |
| 8 | GIRDER | |
| Embarrassed engineer fixed up metal beam (6) | (RED + RIG) reversed | |
| 13 | HIGH SEASON | |
| The open oceans just after a busy time (4,6) | HIGH SEAS + ON | |
| 16 | ETHEREAL | |
| Maybe the realist, in part, is spiritual (8) | maybE THE REAList | |
| 17 | FAREWELL | |
| Send off last of four sheep in autumn (8) | [fou(R) +EWE] inside FALL | |
| 20 | SPINET | |
| Metal tuning peg located inside group’s keyboard instrument (6) | PIN inside SET | |
| 21 | WISDOM | |
| Passage supported by fellow is “Domestic Knowledge” (6) | felloW IS DOMestic | |
| 24 | FEUD | |
| Psychoanalyst with no right to quarrel continually (4) | FREUD minus R |
