| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SOLITUDE | |
| Trade union, active in firm, stood by end of employee’s privacy (8) | TU inside SOLID + employe(E) | |
| 5 | FORGET | |
| Lose track of time following fashion (6) | T after FORGE | |
| 9 | RUN ON | |
| Right one expelled from union is to continue (3,2) | R + (UNION minus I) | |
| 10 | PORCELAIN | |
| China’s ore containing carbon found in open country (9) | (ORE outside C) inside PLAIN | |
| 12 | AUTHENTICATION | |
| Hallmark gold on the Titanic at sea (14) | AU + anagram of ON THE TITANIC | |
| 14 | PLEA | |
| A number of people accepted defendant’s claim (4) | peoPLE Accepted | |
| 15 | WORKMATE | |
| Potassium absorbed by worm consumed colleague (8) | K inside WORM + ATE | |
| 18 | RESPIRED | |
| Race’s leader, especially one flushed, took a breath (8) | (R)ace+ ESP + I + RED | |
| 20 | STET | |
| Retainer is organised, including time (4) | SET outside T | |
| 24 | ORCHESTRATIONS | |
| Arrangements made by composers or stores following case (14) | OR + (RATIONS after CHEST) | |
| 26 | HOTHOUSES | |
| Conservatories you once fitted with external pipes (9) | THOU inside HOSES | |
| 27 | RAT ON | |
| Moved quickly around to sell down the river (3,2) | RAN outside TO | |
| 28 | MASTER | |
| Head of school in a term reviewed teacher? (6) | (S)chool inside anagram of A TERM | |
| 29 | INFERRED | |
| Last part of dinner, after a blend of fine wine, is concluded (8) | dinne(R) after anagram of FINE + RED | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SERIAL PORT | |
| Old computer interface is real shoddy on side of case (6,4) | Anagram of IS REAL + PORT | |
| 2 | LUNETTE | |
| Catch, fitted inside instrument, is a crescent-shaped ornament (7) | NET inside LUTE | |
| 3 | TINGED | |
| Coloured container aged apart from a bit (6) | TIN + (a)GED | |
| 4 | DEPUTY | |
| Lieutenant’s record in service (6) | EP inside DUTY | |
| 6 | OVERTAKE | |
| Leave behind plain cake after first slice (8) | OVERT + (c)AKE | |
| 7 | GRANOLA | |
| One of the family, old, cut back on a breakfast cereal (7) | GRAN + OL(d) + A | |
| 8 | TENT | |
| Occupier giving up an abode meant to be temporary (4) | TENANT minus AN | |
| 11 | RECKON | |
| Count on finishing dilapidated vehicle with front-end missing (6) | ON after (w)RECK | |
| 13 | JETTISONED | |
| Black tie worn by son heading to dance should be thrown out (10) | JET + (SON outside TIE) + (D)ance | |
| 16 | WISHBONE | |
| Quiet boy briefly tucked into wine and a piece of chicken (8) | [SH + BO(y)] inside WINE | |
| 17 | HEISTS | |
| The man is admitting street robberies (6) | (HE + IS) outside ST | |
| 19 | STRATUS | |
| Grey cover is right in position (7) | R inside STATUS | |
| 21 | TROTTER | |
| Leading part of the swine? (7) | (T)he + ROTTER | |
| 22 | ORISON | |
| Section of mahzor is one prayer (6) | mahzOR IS ONe | |
| 23 | STARVE | |
| Celebrity vehicle with no passengers is fast? (6) | STAR + V(ehicl)E | |
| 25 | CHUM | |
| Companion quietly slipped away from foolish person (4) | CHUMP minus P |
