No 12651, Thursday 13 Jun 2019, Scintillator

ACROSS
1   Meagre artist draws out a prickly fish (6) STINGY STING raY
4   On Fools' Day, beds trees (8) APRICOTS {APR 1}{COTS}

9   Nonsense acting with a loud laugh (6) GUFFAW {GUFF}{A}{W}
10 Turn Asia around to welcome European (8) AUSTRIAN*
12 Run out of fluorine? Iodine could be substituting (2,4,2) IN LIEU OF {FLUOrINE+I}*
13 Jam emptied out pending close of breakfast (6) IMPEDE EMPtIED*
15 Leather from yak's used for tailor-made tops (4) YUFT Acrostic
16 Bad co-stars spoiling TV shows (10) BROADCASTS*
19 Sharing surname with cold and disgusting Mongolian (10) COGNOMINAL*
20 Posh car hired for money (4) MERC [DD]
23 Cryptic message on hot image being circulated (6) CIPHER {RE}{H}{PIC}<=
25 Royal buses assemble here? (8) MAJESTIC [D] You need to be in Bangalore to know the second definition
27 It is possible that aid is distributed over different years (1,4,3) I DARE SAY {AID}*{YEARS}*
28 Trims the edge off dry fruits (6) PRUNES [DD]

29 Try 50-50? (2,6) GO HALVES {GO}{HALVES} &lit
30 Wail loudly to snatch her fruit (6) CHERRY {C{HER}RY}

DOWN
1   Show house's substandard, not fine (7) SIGNIFY {SIGN}{IFfY}
2   Well-dressed lecturer delivered fulfilling drills (2,4,3) IN FULL FIG FUlFULLING*

3   Sour food for the losers? (6) GRAPES [CD]

5   Cushy strip of feathers clipped (4) PLUM PLUMe

6   Belonging in a city rebuilt over months (8) INTIMACY {IN+A+CITY}* over M
7   Twist, as Republican finally falls out for peace (5) OLIVE OLIVEr Why finally?

8   They can be scorching renderers of melody (7) SINGERS [DD]
11 Motivating slogan at entrance and exit? (2-2-3) DO-OR-DIE {DOOR}{DIE}
14 Graduate fools? Crazy! (7) BANANAS {BA}{NANAS}

17 Western treatment comprises drugs providing relief for diabetic (9) SWEETENERS {SW{EE}TENER*}
18 Toll-free passes indicate in advance (8) FORETELL*
19 Somewhat cynical about quitting good, healthy activity (7) CYCLING {CYNICaL}*{G}
21 Birds' husbandry — extremely ridiculed thing (7) COCKSHY {COCKS}{Hu...rY}
22 Hunt for wise man picked up near church (6) SEARCH (~seer){SEAR}{CH}
24 Sports pain does not last till the end? That's excellent! (5) PEACH {PE}{ACHe}

26 Go out with partner and become unfashionable (4) DATE [DD]

Reference List

Artist = RA(Royal Academician), Acting = A, With = W, Run = R, Cold = C, On = RE, Hot = H, Fine =F, Lecturer = L, Month = M, Graduate = BA, Drug = E, About = A, Good = G, Church = CH, Sports = PE, 

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