No 13002, Friday 31 Jul 2020, KrisKross

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ACROSS
1   Policeman tears author’s printed material (4,4) HARD COPY {HARD{COP}Y}
5   A help sent back for laziness (6) ACEDIA {ACE}{AID<=}
9   It cools the car as one goes through melting tar road (8) RADIATOR {1} in {TAR+ROAD}*
10 Mature team drinking whiskey (4,2) GROW UP {GRO{W}UP}
12 About to cut rent in Tamil Nadu town’s terminal (9) ELECTRODE {LE{C}T} in {ERODE}
13 Lass exercising before a dip (5) SALSA {LASS*}{A}
14 Vomited a jam sandwich, turning green (4) JADE [T<=]
16 Harry oddly pets Asian snakes (7) TAIPANS {PeTs+ASIAN}*

19 Paternal grandmother’s injected with primarily life-giving body fluids (7) PLASMAS {Li...n} in {PA'S MA'S}
21 Has topless dresses (4) OWNS gOWNS
24 Finishes scoring century, but suffers defeat (5) LOSES cLOSES
25 Cycles replacing trains too (9) ROTATIONS*
27 Post I made about a local dialect (6) PATOIS {POST+I}* over {A}
28 Will bathe freshly when receiving that Parisian (8) BEQUEATH {BE{QUE}ATH*}
29 Asian country full of old farmers (6) YEOMEN {YE{O}MEN}
30 How to clue for “Arts and Elvis”, say (4,4) ROCK STAR {ARTS}* [RA]

DOWN
1   Infection of sick sheep fed with herbs essentially (6) HERPES {HE{heRbs}PES*}
2   More embarrassed either way (6) REDDER <=>
3   Money paid to hire a taxi (5) COAST {CO{A}ST}
4   Demonstrate how to hold fine needle (7) PROVOKE {PROV{OK}E}
6   Religious person travelling in this car (9) CHRISTIAN*
7   Old man hides private diary — not good to save on computer (8) DOWNLOAD {D{OWN}{LOg}AD}
8   Judge reviewed papers about a trial, essentially (8) APPRAISE {APPR{A}{trIal}SE*}
11 Unknown entity hacks the web later (4) NEXT {NE{X}T}
15 Crimea — it’s struggling to get peace (9) ARMISTICE*
17 Fit one will shortly break records regularly, say (8) EPILEPSY {EP}{I'Ll}{EP}{SaY}
18 Chap sounding higher than usual? (8) FALSETTO [CD]
20 Either of two neighbouring characters could be kind (4) SORT {S or T}
21 Heading off for 30 days, I could be very busy (2,3,2) ON THE GO {mONTH}{EGO}
22 Vehicle overturned, carrying Australian composer (6) MOZART {M{OZ}ART<=}
23 Artist cheers wildly (6) ESCHER*

26 Lorry traffic (5) TRUCK [DD]

Reference List
A = ACE, Whisky = W, About = C, Century = C, Old = O, Unknown = X, Record = EP(Extended Play), I = EGO