No 12011, Friday 19 May 2017, Spinner

ACROSS
1   Knight overcomes revolutionary from the east with cavalrymen (6) RIDERS {S{RED}IR}<=
4   Hesitant defender tackled, but "Foul!" (8) DOUBTFUL {D}{BUT+FOUL}* D for defender?
10 Prominent leader of Bengaluru is back amidst unpleasant atmosphere (7) VISIBLE {Ba...e}{IS}<= in {VILE}
11 Not in favour of a good man's growth (7) AGAINST {A}{GAIN}{ST}
12 Tackle programme having bug (8) APPROACH {APP}{ROACH}
13 Schooling basically destroys talents (6) SKILLS {Sc...g}{KILLS}
15 First lady's right always! (4) EVER {EVE}{R}
16 Saving oneself from heat by removing article that's defamatory (9) INSULTING INSULaTING
20 France supports cutting Union into smaller parts (9) FRAGMENTS {FR}{AuGMENTS}
21 One rupee per square foot, say? (4) AREA {A}{RE}{A} Second A from? See comments
24 Take up and edit copy, going over every other clue (6) OCCUPY {COPY}* over {ClUe}
26 Graduate designed motor to retain heat in sauna (8) BATHROOM {BA}{T{H}ROOM*}
28 Stomachs consequences finally, at the end of relationship interrupted by crazy mum (7) TUMMIES {T{MUM*}IE}{c...eS}
29 Pant right after route running, taking a little sip (7) TROUSER {TROU{Sip}E*}{R}
30 Losing passport, eventually turning into local of a country, with no freedom! (8) COLONIAL {INtO+LOCAL}*
31 Put off by yeast sprayed on top of dough (6) STAYED {YEAST}*{Do..h}

DOWN
1   Showed meat on the inside of butchered deer (8) REVEALED {RE{VEAL}ED*}
2   Retreat into paradise designed to overcome pressure (9) DISAPPEAR {PARADISE}* over {P}
3   Robin striving to protect Batman's top military honour (6) RIBBON {Ba...n} in {ROBIN}*
5   Orators robustly articulate, leveraging extremes of the mouth (4) ORAL Acrostic
6   Depend on cryptic set to get money covers (8) BLANKETS {B{L}ANK}{SET*}
7   With rain ultimately intervening, fail to play decider (5) FINAL {raiN} in {FAIL}*
8   Just in: Returning gangster put on trial (6) LATEST {AL<=}{TEST}
9   Sunk as last month's stocks finally ran out (9) DESCENDED {DE{s...kS}C}{ENDED}
14 Takes away plots after returning vehicle (9) SUBTRACTS {BUS<=}{TRACTS}
17 Rely on us to run about very restlessly (9) NERVOUSLY {RELY+ON+US}* over {V}
18 Pity agent endlessly going around African (8) EGYPTIAN {PITY+AGENt}*
19 Pounded meat that's uncooked, adding some mustard extract (8) HAMMERED {HAM}{Mu...d}{Ex..t}{RED} Not sure of Anno for RED See comments
22 Graceful engineer caught in controversial topic (6) POETIC {PO{E}TIC*}
23 Voice of wife forgotten in fling with a model (6) THROAT {THROw}{A}{T}
25 Animal is calm, walking around deserts, essentially (5) CAMEL {CALM}* over {desErts}
27 Like Spinner, one from the East (4) ASIA {AS}{I}{A} Clue leads to Asian as the answer

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