No 13166, Tuesday 09 Feb 2021, KrisKross

Solution to 20D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS

1   They could knock you on the head and throw you out (8) BOUNCERS [DD]

5   One paying money to get an occupation (6) TENANT [CD]

9   Promotes English model, svelte, full of charm at heart (8) ELEVATES {E}{SVELTE}* over {chArm}

10 Hold releases, as discussed (6) FREEZE (~frees)

12 Power strip? (4,1,4) COUP D ETAT [CD]

13 Powdery clay covering India’s ancient region (5) LYCIA {LYC{I}A*}

14 Ordinary man’s money — finally it’s found in pocket (4) JOEY {JOE}{m..eY}

16 Lead or copper primarily seen in deeper ground (7) PRECEDE {Co...r} in {DEEPER}*

19 Coin short clue about an administrative body (7) COUNCIL {COIN+CLUe}*

21 Name of exotic item (4) CITE [T]

24 Pilots not in favour of demonstrations (5) TESTS proTESTS

25 Group’s extremely sorry show after opener is dismissed (9) SYNDICATE {SorrY}{iNDICATE}

27 Friends try to enter Siam in disguise (6) AMIGOS {AMI{GO}S*}

28 One holding baton, finishing off a biannual event (8) SOLSTICE {SOL{STICk}E}

29 Shake hands when welcoming one from Europe (6) DANISH {DAN{1}SH*}

30 Party for women as gentleman heads out (3,5) HEN NIGHT {HEN}{kNIGHT} (Correction - {wHEN}{kNIGHT} - See comments)

DOWN

1   Run into sand hole (6) BREACH {B{R}EACH}

2   Doctor fuels you, say, to become productive (6) USEFUL {FUELS+U}*

3   King perhaps eating hard vegetable (5) CHARD {C{H}ARD}

4   Inexperienced girl quits attempt to make a second appearance (7) REENTRY {gREEN}{TRY}

6   Registration work, mostly by chaps in hospital department (9) ENROLMENT {EN{ROLe}{MEN}T}

7   Businesses ceasing to work without a bit of encouragement (8) AGENCIES {CEASING}* over {En...t}

8   Young girl making a mess of neater clothes, say, being contrarian (8) TEENAGER {TEENA{EG<=}R*}

11 Over from a spinner (4) ATOP {A}{TOP}

15 After duck and double century a young man is accepting international opportunities (9) OCCASIONS {O}{CC}{A}{S{I}ON'S}

17 Bed to essentially relax in beach, somewhere in Britain (8) SCOTLAND {COT}{reLax} in {SAND}

18 Say, what could be in quotes? (8) QUESTION* &lit

20 4,000 pounds remain (4) L?S? (Addendum - LAST [DD] - See comments)

21 Partners in prison having no right to cheer (7) CONSOLE {CO{NS}OLEr}

22 Removing hair that is growing fast (6) WAXING [DD]

23 KrisKross goes through change, becoming another setter (6) CEMENT {CE{ME}NT}

26 Stone’s biography featuring revolutionary dramatist (5) IBSEN [T<=]

Reference List

English = E, India = I, Run = R, Hard = H, Girl = G, Century = C, International = I, Partners = N,S, Right = R