No 12592, Friday 05 Apr 2019, KrisKross

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ACROSS
1   Face mask? (8) CONFRONT [DD]
5   "Boo" to welcome small bar entertainer (6) JESTER {JE{S}{T}ER}
9   Comic grips me with a set of funny statements (8) EPIGRAMS {GRIPS+ME+A}*
10 Criticized media over camouflage (6) CHIDED {CD} over {HIDE}
12 I enter ashram, troubled, greeting a sage (9) MAHARISHI {I} in {ASHRAM}* {HI}
13 True — I designed homes for children (5) UTERI*
14 Chief builder leaves foundation unchanged (2-2) AS-IS bASIS
16 Model's depressed — resulting in refusal to work (3-4) SIT-DOWN {SIT}{DOWN}
19 Musician's starting to dance with stranger (7) DRUMMER {Da..e}{RUMMER}
21 Shoots friends (4) BUDS [DD]
24 After a breather, get energy to push forward (5) LUNGE {LUNG}{E}
25 Perhaps when beginning to toss coin, I'd cunningly switch position (9) CONDITION {Toss+COIN+ID}*{ON}
27 One's against getting into a never-ending case for unimportant matters (6) TRIVIA {TR{1}{V}IAl}
28 Musical composition in cool bar — mostly Indian perhaps (8) FANTASIA {FAN}{T}{ASIAn}
29 Home appliances, essentially dirty, painted by workmen (6) DRYERS {D{diRty}YERS}
30 Sounded cheerful when crossing road to meet date (8) WHISTLED {WHI{ST}LE}{D}

DOWN
1   Select parts of area, centrally covered by security devices (6) CREAMS {C{aREa}AMS}
2   Beastly noises from Doctor Singh injected with drug (6) NEIGHS {N{E}IGHS*}
3   Members from Hardwar are relatively more difficult to find (5) RARER [T]
4   Terrible mess in England's capital — it's a curse (7) NEMESIS {MESS+IN+En...d}
6   Old girlfriend loathed going around America, tired (9) EXHAUSTED {EX}{HA{US}TED}
7   Editor of "Mad" is very attractive (2,3,3) TO DIE FOR*
8   Tragedian, unfortunately not a shining star (3,5) RED GIANT TRaGEDIAN*
11 Flies in hotel's pizza counter (4) ZIPS [T<=]
15 Smile more, working as a waiter (9) SOMMELIER*
17 Praised mature newspaperman covering article (8) ADULATED {ADUL{A}T}{ED}
18 Measure knots regularly if entering harbour (8) QUANTIFY {QUA{kNoTs}{IF}Y}
20 Some music to lull a baby to sleep (4) ROCK [DD]
21 Advice to a child with a bit of homework not over? (7) BENEATH {BE NEAT}{Ho...k}
22 Vanishes with extremely economical fuel (6) DIESEL {DIES}{Ec...aL}
23 Finally, the Indus in spate becomes silent (6) UNSAID {A} in {INDUS}* Seems to be an error in the origin of 'A' (Revised clue posted by Ramki on the blog "Silent area, covered by Indus in spate")
26 Attack is cut at sea (5) ICTUS*

GRID