No 12593, Saturday 06 Apr 2019, Spinner

Happy Ugadi to all

Across

1. Terms of payment for midwives? (4,2,8) CASH ON DELIVERY (CD)
10. Senior citizen partly recalled tattered letter (5) ELDER (T<=)
11. Leader that’s extremely fascist put in handcuff (9) CHIEFTAIN {CH{IE}{FascisT}IN}
12. One who signs documents sitting in latte store (8) ATTESTOR (T)
13. Most important parts of clue set first, definition finally added to the start (6) NUCLEI {definitioN}{CLUE*}{I}
15. Sit back to gain muscle after body becomes strong (10) FORMIDABLE {FORM}{ID{AB}LE}
16. With maiden away, bathe girl in drink! (4) SWIG {SWIm}{G}
19. When interrupted by rookie, shoot down idea (4) PLAN {P{L}AN}
20. Inspect top of ship’s sail pierced by metal (10) SCRUTINISE {Ship}{CRU{TIN}ISE}
23. Trouble is, nothing honest earns money! (6) ORDEAL {O}{R{D}EAL}
25. Swallowing fruit with liquid thing (8) FIGHTING {FIG}{THING*}
27. English kid with a bit of appetite for Mexican food (9) ENCHILADA {EN}{CHIL{A}D}{Appetite}
28. Scoundrel endlessly regrets eating nothing good (5) ROGUE {R{O}{G}UEs}
29. Where the cover fielder stands // is irrelevant! (6,3,5) BESIDE THE POINT (DD)

Down

2. Sound gets facelift — At last, tone’s back in theatres! (9) AUDITORIA AUDI{facelifT}O }{AIR<=}
3. Instrument with faulty dish causing distress (8) HARDSHIP {HAR{DISH*}P}
4. Perhaps, may concern getting one’s spirit back? (10) NECROMANCY {MAY+CONCERN*} &lit
5. Foul in play overturned (4) EVIL {LIVE<=}
6. Flood’s high, condition unknown (6) INFLUX {IN}{FLU}{X}
7. Running a mile for mode of communication (5) EMAIL {A+MILE*}
8. Forcing refusal to be withdrawn by monarch (7) YANKING {NAY<=}{KING}
9. Extraordinary fable involving husband’s place (6) BEHALF {FABLE*} around {H}
14. Setter will think about giving up right to light up (10) ILLUMINATE {I'LL} {rUMINATE}
17. Attending to group working with top class model (7,2)  WAITING ON {W{A1}{T}ING}{ON}
18. Successful champion has time till now (8) HITHERTO {HIT}{HER{T}O}
19. Publicity’s done with a little banner displaying catchphrase (7) PROVERB {PR}{OVER}{Banner}
21. Boy abandons dogs for birds (6) EAGLE {bEAGLE} EAGLES {bEAGLES} See comments
22. For a change, drive around area that’s diverse (6) VARIED {DRIVE*} around{A}
24. Anchors make cakes every now and then (5) DOCKS {DO}{CaKeS}
26. Bit of appreciation on overcoming resistance (4) PART {PA{R}T}

GRID