No 13310, Tuesday 27 Jul 2021, Gussalufz

Solution to 5A 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.

There is a NINA in the grid, same to be identified only by a novice commenter.

ACROSS

1   She may be interested in taking some men out: essentially easy going and without disrespectful speech (8) ASSASSIN {eASy}{SASS}{goIng}{aNd}

5   Transmitter’s extent of some long-wave signal cut back (6) ?E?D?R (Addendum SENDER REDNESs <= - See comments)

9   So, Atlas Shrugged is not making a profit? (2,1,4) AT A LOSS*

10 Massaged closer, finding model's protective garment (7) CORSLET {CLOSER}*{T}

11 Add fifty eggs at first and mix up (5) ADDLE {ADD}{L}{E}

12 Organelle initially released in intimate ecstasy (8) RIBOSOME {Re...d}{In}{BOSOM}{E}

13 Really aced cooking this vegetable with a dal! (6) CELERY {CELERY+A+DAL= REALLY ACED} [CA]

14 Anand, perhaps countered joke about a kind of Hindu philosophy (8) VEDANTIC {DEV<=}{ANTIC}

18 Survey is old and unfavourable, choose rejecting to participate (4,4) EXIT POLL {EX}{I{OPT<=}LL}

20 Spy agitated by Marxist mentality (6) PSYCHE {SPY*}{CHE}

23 Varying by the time of the year? Nothing's irrelevant in sales modelling (8) SEASONAL {O}{NA} in {SALES}*

25 Happens to be standing in cool wind (5) HOIST {HO{IS}T}

27 Behaviour of a certain tiger: primarily charges (7) ACTIONS {A}{Ce...n}{Ti..r}{IONS}

28 Active, ripped, hot gent wearing glasses (2,3,2) ON THE GO {O{H+GENT}*O}

29 League’s leader drops out of final game for bribe! (6) PAYOFF PlAYOFF

30 Once batter’s spooned, they might use their hands (8) CATCHERS [CD]

DOWN

1   Husband wrapped up in drapery after a big fall (9) AVALANCHE {VALANC{H}E}<=>{A}

2   Outrage of upwardly mobile young man when under examination (7) SCANDAL {LAD<=}<=>{SCAN}

3   Coronets made with the top part of pretty flowering plant (9) STONECROP {CORONETS}*{Pr...y}

4   Bat crossed the line, absolutely — guarantee! (6) INSURE {IN}{SURE}

6   Coins term in neuroscience (5) EUROS [T]

7   Shy about hugging, well, without restraints? Set boundaries! (7) DELIMIT {TIMID<=} over {wELl}

8   Regularly gathered erotica for retired judge (4) RATE {EroTicA+foR}<=

10 Animal captures boy (quintessentially Watterson’s boy!) in intricate trap (6) COBWEB {CO{B}W}{w..tEr..n}{B}

15 High? (Hesitate about appealing) (9) AESTHETIC {HESTITATE}*{C}

16 Exceptionally nice costs and special eliveries! (1-8) C-SECTIONS {NICE+COSTS}*

17 Afghans avoiding alien spaces? (6) BLANKS BLANKetS

19 Setter has set plenty without competence! (7) INEPTLY {I}{PLENTY*}

21 Foreigners popular for some eccentricity in Old Amsterdam, perhaps? (7) CHINESE {CH(-e+in)INESE}

22 Tumour covered up in cream, oil, gelatin (6) GLIOMA [T<=]

24 Laugh very loudly after saucy comic operetta starts (5) SCOFF {FF}<=>{Sa..y}{Co..c}{Op...a}

26 Division of a million pence by one hundred (4) CAMP {A}{M}{P}<=>{C}

Reference List

Model = T, Fifty = L, Ecstasy = E, Old = EX, Cool = HOT, Glasses = OO, Husband = H, Boy = B, About = C, Alien = ET, Popular = IN, Very loud = FF, Million = M, Pence = P, Hundred = C