No 11730, Saturday 18 Jun 2016, Gridman

Anniversaries defined precious and metallic shades by Gridman!

ACROSS
1   A rout suffered by champion in Grand Prix, say (4,4) AUTO RACE {A}{UTO R*}{ACE}
5   Cell where teacher's pushed back in Pondy, abandoning deputy (6) PRISON {P{RIS<=}ONdy}
9   Gem makes fathers come back with enthusiasm, say (8) SAPPHIRE {SAP<=}{PHIRE}(~fire)

10 South Indian devotee misses old valuable coins (6) SILVER {SI}{LoVER}
12 Clean top of your stone (4) RUBY {RUB}{Your}

13 Stupid Pole, confused, exited unobtrusively (7,3) SLIPPED OUT*
15 Small house not returning fabric (6) COTTON {COT}{TON<=}
17 Drill makes boy retreat with false, poor conclusions (5) BORER {BOR<=}{falsE}{pooR}
20 Way the General tossed back strong metal (5) STEEL {ST}{LEE<=}
21 Express admiration about the Italian large tree (6) WILLOW {W{IL}{L}OW}
24 Spares chap rummaging in dumps (10) SCRAPHEAPS*
27 Weights in press? (4) IRON [DD]
29 Very silly person, a learner, one held in subjugation (6) VASSAL {V}{ASS}{A}{L}
30 Andhra Pradesh indicates names for a job (8) APPOINTS {AP}{POINTS}
31 Puzzle – one full of holes (6) RIDDLE [DD]
32 Uncover pugree a couple of daughters shelled out (6,2) DREDGE UP {PUGREE+DD}*

DOWN
1   Confirm when ruse's unravelled (6) ASSURE {AS}{RUSE*}
2   Laid-back personalities disturbed by pest (4,2) TYPE BS*
3   Some suprahuman demon (4) RAHU [T]
4   A number gets to examination of reef material (5) CORAL {C}{ORAL}
6   Bring up artist's question, leaving out second union (5) RAISE {RA}{ISsuE}
7   Saint spreads out various rescuers (8) SAVIOURS {S}{VARIOUS*}
8   On! A retail seller's policy to ensure sales (2,6) NO RETURN {ON<=} Will this policy really ensure sales?
11 Back drops? (6) SPINAL Anno not clear (Addendum - (~spinel) - [DD] See comments)
14 Reportedly you have this cover (4) WOOL Anno pending (Addendum - (~ewe) - See comments)
16 Time proprietor becomes resident of city (6) TOWNER {T}{OWNER}
17 Almost obstruct group (4) BLOC BLOCk
18 Invites when king's done (4,4) ASKS OVER {AS}{K'S} {OVER}
19 Brought back and forcibly opened again (8) REPRISED {RE-PRISED}
22 Brother on touring zone gets tan (6) BRONZE {BR}{ZONE*}
23 Finishes as goal's in sight (4,2) ENDS UP [DD]
25 Fruit starts losing shade (5) PEARL {PEAR}{Lo...g}
26 Old man has each material (5) PAPER {PA}{PER}
28 Start getting ancient metal (4) GOLD {Ge...g}{OLD}

Reference list

Underlined words = Embedded links,  Deputy = DY, Father = PA, Small House = COT, Boy = ROB, The Italian = IL, When = AS, Number = C, Artist = RA, Saint = S, Each = PER

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