| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SIGNAL | |
| Communicate with head of Ladbrokes chasing ill-gotten gains (6) | (L)ADBROKES after anagram of GAINS | |
| 4 | ENTITLED | |
| Privileged one, occupying tent in disguise, went first (8) | I inside anagram of TENT + LED | |
| 9 | LAUNDER | |
| Left a junior to deal with pressing matters, say (7) | L + A + UNDER | |
| 11 | TWEETER | |
| Watts handled by rock speaker (7) | W inside TEETER | |
| 12 | SEMICONDUCTOR | |
| Cheat entering customer ID reset computer component (13) | CON inside anagram of CUSTOMER ID | |
| 14 | IN TRIM | |
| Fit caretaker lacking energy (2,4) | INTERIM minus E | |
| 15 | STICKLER | |
| Setter’s primary puzzle? (8) | (S)ETTER + TICKLER | |
| 18 | CODE-NAME | |
| Show up outside hide-out with a secret identity (4-4) | COME outside (DEN + A) | |
| 20 | FLOCKS | |
| Fine hair gathers (6) | F + LOCKS | |
| 23 | ADIPOSE TISSUE | |
| A deposit roughly associated with supply? (7,6) | Anagram of A DEPOSIT + ISSUE | |
| 26 | HARVEST | |
| Owners checking right time to pick (7) | HAVES outside R + T | |
| 27 | PEASANT | |
| Countryman left out of welcome (7) | PLEASANT minus L | |
| 28 | CAMISOLE | |
| Am I only after one piece of celebrity’s underwear? (8) | (AM + I + SOLE) after (C)ELEBRITY | |
| 29 | TEASER | |
| Problem with facility in centre of Montreal (6) | EASE inside MON(TR)EAL | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SALES PITCH | |
| This place rocked after Sting’s opening line (5,5) | Anagram of THIS PLACE after (S)TING | |
| 2 | GOURMET | |
| Large serving of pumpkin, say, satisfied connoisseur (7) | (GOUR)D + MET | |
| 3 | ABDUCTION | |
| Carrying off empty bed offered in sale? (9) | B(e)D inside AUCTION | |
| 5 | NOT QUITE | |
| Retire in possession of money? Hardly (3,5) | QUIT inside NOTE | |
| 6 | INERT | |
| A section sliced from infected retina is unresponsive (5) | Anagram of (RETINA minus A) | |
| 7 | LATERAL | |
| Side is after a front-runner from Liverpool? (7) | LATER + A + (L)IVERPOOL | |
| 8 | DARK | |
| Section of radar kept unlit (4) | raDAR Kept | |
| 10 | RUNG | |
| Supervise building’s last step (4) | RUN + BUILDIN(G) | |
| 13 | PROSPECTOR | |
| Miner, say, supporting parking in a designated area (10) | PRO + (P inside SECTOR) | |
| 16 | CULTIVATE | |
| Radical group that is taking tank to work (9) | (CULT + IE) outside VAT | |
| 17 | IMMORTAL | |
| Unforgettable time spent in base (8) | T inside IMMORAL | |
| 19 | DIAGRAM | |
| Location of the Taj Mahal seen in ill-defined illustration (7) | AGRA inside DIM | |
| 21 | CO-STARS | |
| Leads are not totally included in expenses (2-5) | (AR)E inside COSTS | |
| 22 | HEMP | |
| Fibre that makes rope’s edging soft (4) | HEM + P | |
| 24 | IDEAS | |
| Nut products from capital of Alexandria in Roman times? (5) | (A)LEXANDRIA inside IDES | |
| 25 | CHIC | |
| Smart cards have integrated circuits primarily (4) | (C)ARDS (H)AVE + (I)NTEGRATED + (C)IRCUITS |
Well, no wonder I was not entirely happy with CULMINATE at 16d.