| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | CICADA | |
| Tailless cat trapping one rat for greengrocer in Australia, say? (6) | CA(t) outside (I + CAD) | |
| 4 | CORNET | |
| Crown missing round centrepiece – a piece of brass? (6) | COR(o)NET | |
| 9 | TRANSMITS | |
| Troubled administrators not paying attention to radio broadcasts (9) | Anagram of ADMINISTRATORS minus RADIO | |
| 10 | CAUSE | |
| Give rise to leader of union involved in lawsuit (5) | (U)NION inside CASE | |
| 11 | ROTORUA | |
| NZ spot popular with travellers or included in a tour all over the place (7) | OR inside anagram of A TOUR | |
| 12 | EARRING | |
| Stud, say, one involved in making a mistake (7) | A inside ERRING | |
| 13 | EMANCIPATE | |
| Picture celebrity returning at start of edition’s release (10) | (PIC + NAME) reversed + AT + (E)DITION | |
| 15 | FARE | |
| Go some distance east (4) | FAR + E | |
| 17 | PILL | |
| Tablet retrieved contents of small iPad (4) | smaLL IPad reversed | |
| 18 | RESPONDENT | |
| Person upset with depression, one involved in case (10) | Anagram of PERSON + DENT | |
| 21 | PET HATE | |
| Chief object of dislike that sat in urine (3,4) | THAT inside PEE | |
| 22 | AURICLE | |
| A grotesque ulcer formed around one part of the ear (7) | A + anagram of ULCER outside I | |
| 24 | RUN AT | |
| Weakling accepting a charge (3,2) | RUNT outside A | |
| 25 | DEEP SPACE | |
| Pace back and forth in area filled with stars (4,5) | SPEED reversed + PACE | |
| 26 | PENNED | |
| Produced a literary work in confinement (6) | Double definition | |
| 27 | INSECT | |
| Spineless creature in group containing carbon (6) | IN + (SET outside C) | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | COTERIE | |
| Company that is based outside territory is set (7) | (CO + IE) outside TER | |
| 2 | COAST | |
| Sail cover snagged on pole (5) | COAT outside S | |
| 3 | DISGRACE | |
| Blacken grids recompiled by expert (8) | Anagram of GRIDS + ACE | |
| 4 | CASSETTE PLAYER | |
| Pressure applied in unusual test case covering audio equipment (8,6) | P inside (anagram of TEST CASE + LAYER) | |
| 5 | RECORD | |
| Unorthodox producer not holding up album, say (6) | Anagram of PRODUCER minus UP | |
| 6 | ELUCIDATE | |
| Explain cryptic clue written by one outgoing friend? (9) | Anagram of CLUE + I + DATE | |
| 7 | MISAPPREHENDED | |
| Didn’t understand forged papers checked by him over and over (14) | Anagram of PAPERS inside (HIM reversed) + ENDED | |
| 8 | DENGUE | |
| England restricted by expected viral infection (6) | ENG inside DUE | |
| 14 | ALL AT ONCE | |
| Arthur initially, then Lancelot, butchered without warning (3,2,4) | (A)RTHUR + anagram of LANCELOT | |
| 16 | IN PRISON | |
| Endless conspiring mishandled behind bars? (2,6) | Anagram of (c)ONSPIRIN(g) | |
| 17 | PAPERS | |
| One who assists executive person not taking on media outlets (6) | PA + (PERSON minus ON) | |
| 19 | THE WEST | |
| Hack brought in to investigate large country group (3,4) | HEW inside TEST | |
| 20 | FATTEN | |
| Fill out start of form at roughly morning tea time (6) | (F)ORM + AT + TEN | |
| 23 | CHASE | |
| Follow a groove (5) | Double Definition |
