No 12658, Friday 21 Jun 2019, KrisKross

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ACROSS
1   This original font could be indispensable — you need it to type E-books! (5,3) SHIFT KEY {THIS+Font}*{KEY}
5   Allow player to enter estate (6) ASSENT {ASSE{N}T}
9   Horribly evil tyrant eventually had to hang (8) LEVITATE {EVIL*}{t...nT}{ATE}
10 Last and final wish? To quit smoking, finally (6) ENDURE {END}{URgE}
12 Vice-president perhaps? No sir, very repulsive creature (9) CENTIPEDE {vICE+PrEsiDENT}*

13 Artist endlessly tweaking instrument (5) SITAR ARTISt*
14 KrisKross had the French loaf (4) IDLE {I'D}{LE}
16 Made a story — relax now and rest (3,4) LIE DOWN {LIED}{NOW*}
19 Greeting given by a Pole in New England (7) NAMASTE {N}{A}{MAST}{E}
21 Contrarian vote? (4) VETO* &lit
24 Extremist from Kabul trapped (5) ULTRA [T]
25 Fight to save short sorcerer (9) SCRIMMAGE {SCRIMp}{MAGE}
27 Spin bowler's last over to former English pacer (6) ROTATE {b...eR}{O}{TATE}
28 Horsmen about to saunter around (8) CENTAURS {C}{SAUNTER*}
29 Small eggs on rolls (6) SURGES {S}{URGES}
30 Losers back off, refuse to work, inviting trouble (8) FAILURES {REFUSe}* over {AIL}

DOWN
1   Relief from the sun? Run away to Coimbatore on vacation (6) SOLACE {SOLAr}{Co...rE}
2   Father's at home with pipe (6) INVENT {IN}{VENT}
3   All the Egyptian king's money lost in the end (5) TUTTI {TUT}{TIn}
4   Severe old man covered in ash, perhaps (7) EXTREME {EX}{TRE{M}E}
6   Growing old, seen wearing perfume (9) SENESCENT {SEEN*}{SCENT}
7   One's beginning to go through quite an intricate statement like x^n + y^n = z^n (8) EQUATION {One} in {QUITE+AN}*
8   Starting to travel to holy city, crossing part of New York (3,5) THE BRONX {Tr...l}{HEBRON}{X}
11 Gazelle runs, losing leg in fire (4) ZEAL  gAZelLE*
15 Take down note to treat ailments (9) DISMANTLE {D}{AILMENTS*}
17 Researches how paper could be sold (8) INQUIRES {IN QUIRES}
18 Heading off to control a mountain ape (8) IMITATOR {lIMIT}{A}{TOR}
20 Yes, amateur baked a piece of cake (4) EASY {YES+A}*
21 Wild beaver eating root of green plant (7) VERBENA {BEAVER}* over {g..eN}

22 Animal in pain, mostly in shock (6) JAGUAR {J{AGUe}AR}

23 Kids like to wear casual shirts (6) TEASES {TE{AS}ES}
26 Where you may crash when driving (5) MOTEL [CD]

Reference List
Player = N, About = C, Small = S, Run = R, Old = EX, Man = M, Note = D,

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