| Down |
| 1 | Fraudulent daily has drunk alicant (11) |
| 2 | Top Rugby contest (6, 2 words) |
| 3 | Wrestler, American, turning up with muscle I'll follow (8) |
| 4 | Dryasdust when disturbed may become so obstinate - sad (6) |
| 5 | Finishing touches: cut lettuce with knife (5) |
| 6 | Law experts must, if mistaken (6) |
| 7 | Name of bird genus, one given below illustration (4) |
| 8 | Start of lambing, distress for highland fold (4) |
| 9 | Play bill in English theatre (now renamed) (5) |
| 10 | Agent peers nervously inside letter? (11) |
| 14 | Dog: not one goes round free when brought up (7) |
| 17 | Dull stuff about char's 'enzyme' (8) |
| 21 | Feel very sorry for old governor going round mine (6) |
| 22 | Difficult to take in fuel, we hear? This is used to launch rocket (6) |
| 23 | One is used for cradling hybrids endlessly (6) |
| 25 | Tropical fruits not consumed by those trying to abstain (5) |
| 26 | One with raised cane, offering varying choices (5, 2 words) |
| 28 | Health food laced with alcohol died away (4) |
| 29 | Gathering belt up I run (4) |
