| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | RESPONSIVE | |
| Sympathetic person is treated by beastly doctor before the end (10) | Anagram of PERSON IS + (VE)T | |
| 6 | SPED | |
| A group of serious pedestrians moved quickly (4) | seriouS PEDestrians | |
| 10 | COUNTERPROPOSAL | |
| Token support also ruined another plan (15) | COUNTER + PROP + anagram of ALSO | |
| 11 | RIPEN | |
| Mature inspector relocated with no cost involved (5) | Anagram of INSPECTOR minus COST | |
| 12 | INFURIATE | |
| Wearing a warm coat, I looked after stomach bug (9) | IN + FUR + I + ATE | |
| 13 | SQUASHED | |
| Female in team is flat out (8) | SHE in SQUAD | |
| 15 | BOUGHT | |
| Time backing branch paid off (6) | T after BOUGH | |
| 18 | PIECES | |
| Unusual species with no tail or segments (6) | Anagram of (SPECIE)S | |
| 19 | BOOSTERS | |
| Frightening cries cut short additional shots (8) | BOOS + (TERS)E | |
| 22 | SCRAPBOOK | |
| A lead spotted in small criminal’s collection of cuttings (9) | (A + PB) inside (S + CROOK) | |
| 24 | GNARL | |
| Know-it-all finally called about swelling on trunk (5) | [KNOWITAL(L) + RANG] reversed | |
| 25 | INCONSISTENCIES | |
| Disagreements in nice sections unsettled head of security (15) | Anagram of IN NICE SECTIONS + (S)ECURITY | |
| 26 | EASY | |
| Tune a system’s components requiring little effort (4) | tunE A SYstem | |
| 27 | LEAD ASTRAY | |
| Corrupt deal arranged, for instance, by carrier (4,6) | Anagram of DEAL + AS + TRAY | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | RECORDS | |
| Releases some wines plugged with cork mostly (7) | REDS outside (COR)K | |
| 2 | SCULPTURE | |
| Small amount of phosphorus found in a crop of microorganisms and mould (9) | S + P inside CULTURE | |
| 3 | OFTEN | |
| Foot is put in one in error regularly (5) | FT inside anagram of ONE | |
| 4 | SPRAINED | |
| Injured spy almost fell down (8) | (SP)Y + RAINED | |
| 5 | VERIFY | |
| Condition included in precise check (6) | IF inside VERY | |
| 7 | PASTA | |
| Ingredients of soup, a staple food (5) | souP A STAple | |
| 8 | DILUENT | |
| Weakening agent backed cover tune with a new arrangement (7) | LID reversed + anagram of TUNE | |
| 9 | SPARROWS | |
| Small birds dispute scraps (8) | SPAR + ROWS | |
| 14 | SWEEPING | |
| Extensive sufferer’s initial outpouring of grief (8) | (S)UFFERER + WEEPING | |
| 16 | GRENADIER | |
| Soldier that is in terrible danger, right? (9) | IE inside (anagram of DANGER + R) | |
| 17 | POCKETED | |
| Code kept in a decrypted state may be stolen (8) | Anagram of CODE KEPT | |
| 18 | PASTIME | |
| I am stuck in cement for amusement (7) | IM inside PASTE | |
| 20 | SPLASHY | |
| Ostentatious agent carrying whip (7) | SPY outside LASH | |
| 21 | NOTICE | |
| Spot no carbon in bond (6) | NO + C inside TIE | |
| 23 | RACES | |
| Lots of different people meet (5) | Double Definition | |
| 24 | GENTS | |
| Brokers not using a public facility (5) | AGENTS minus A |
