No 12184, Saturday 09 Dec 2017, Vulcan

Across

1. Nice plan hatched to get to the top (8) PINNACLE {NICE+PLAN}*
5. Crude of course, say (6) COARSE {~COURSE}
10. Honourable member associated with university board (9) REPUTABLE {REP}{U}{TABLE}
11. Revolutionary story about Cuban leader's brilliance (5) ECLAT {TAL{Cuban}E<=}
12. You are elegant and that's important (6)  URGENT {U}{R}{GENT}
13. Really very good performance getting over (2,5) DE FACTO {DE F}{ACT}{O}
14. Sweeper, one that's daily inside the loo (8) BATHROOM {B{A}{TH}ROOM}
15. Bond with a girl after a date, it's ending in marriage (6) ADHERE {A}{D}{HER}{marriagE}
18. Enjoys terrifically packaged seafood ingredient (6) OYSTER (T)
20. Point mentioned contains the name of a medicine (8) OINTMENT (T)
22. Flushed? Dreary without end, with the cold he had (7) DOUCHED {DOUr}{C}{HE'D}
25. Far from the east, coming into the city — not one that's skilled (6) CRAFTY {Ci{RAF<=}TY}
27. Disheartened after being linked to boy's criminal activity (5) ARSON {AfteR}{SON}
28. Questionable move, a bed next to a counter (9) DEBATABLE {A+BED*}{TABLE}
29. Wife signs out of messaging site with a giggle (6) TITTER {TwITTER}
30. New brief on the outcome gets support (8)  BEFRIEND {BRIEF*}{END}

Down

1. Separate // piece (4) PART (DD)
2. Write about people employed in an organisation, it's a complaint (9) NEPHRITIS {PEN<=}{HR}{IT}{IS}
3. Animal in a barn, the empty building (3,4) ANT BEAR {A}{BARN+ThE}*

4. Offering freedom without hesitation (8) LIBATION {LIBerATION}
6. Drove around eating regularly — often like a glutton (7) OVERFED {DROVE*} around {oFtEn}
7. True, not a piece without odd bits — ancient artefact (5) RELIC {REaL}{pIeCe}
8. Make use of this valuable discovery mostly indoors — it's a lively one (9) EXTROVERT {EX{TROVe}ERT}
9. Title of a well-made edition (4) DEED  (T)
14. Bad actors spoiling show (9) BROADCAST {BAD+ACTORS*}
16. Charming leader missed, one that's fit for the position (9) ELECTABLE {dELECTABLE}
17. Inconceivable, no ace left, perhaps susceptible to defeat (8) VINCIBLE {INConceIVaBLE}*
19. Objective for the most is to get an opportunity, first off, to improve (7) ENHANCE {ENd}{cHANCE}
21. Characteristic associated with heartless oppressor, one that betrayed (7) TRAITOR {TRAIT}{OpressoR}
23. Some groups eternally in trouble (5) UPSET (T)  Too many telescopic clues?
24. Man with broken English (4) DUDE {DUD}{E}
26. Area around new arch (4) BEND {BE{N}D}

Reference List
Member=Rep, University=U, You=U, Are=R, Over=O, One=A, Daily=TH (The Hindu), Girl=Her, Date=D, Cold=C, One=I, Wife=W
People employed in an organisation=HR, 'S=Is, Hesitation=Er, English=E, New=N

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous