No 13335, Wednesday 25 Aug 2021, Gussalufz

Solution to 30A 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   Mister, after downing one, signs contracts (7) SHRINKS {SHRI}{iNKS}

5   Still wearing extremely painful small suits? (7) PLEASES {EASE}<=>{Pl...uL} and {S}

9   Identify those responsible as mean men going berserk (4,5) NAME NAMES*

10 Adherent of church in Dublin (5) HINDU [T]

11 Greek god with horns and claws, hiding an egg in baggy attire (10) PANTALOONS {PAN}{TAL{O}ONS}

12 Crooked tendency (4) BENT [DD]

14 Model is suffering quietly in a state of panic (8) TAILSPIN {T}{AILS}{P}{IN}

16 One’s late looking for a bite (6) ZOMBIE [CD] 

19 Country’s leader of Republicans is back, protected by another country (6) RUSSIA {Re...s}{US{IS<=}A}

20 Civil misconduct (exceptionally rude!) caused grief (8) TORTURED {TORT}{RUDE*}

23 Head off to sea, finally, with maiden (4) FOAM {ofF}{tO}{seA}{M}

25 Chart showing real range of cycling choices around European city (10) NUMBERLINE NUM{BERLIN}E Anno pending (Addendum - {(-e)NUM(+e)E} over {BERLIN} - See comments)

28 Lecture about mask (5) CHIDE {C}{HIDE}

29 Macs with Cortana malfunctioning without one basic component of Siri (9) RAINCOATS {RA{1}NCOAT*}{Siri}

30 Returning without covering the greatest mineral-rich lakes? (7) S?L?N?S (Addendum - SALINAS {S{ALI}NAS<= - See comments)

31 Crores made by good merchants (7) GROCERS {G}{CRORES*}

DOWN

1   Boys reportedly getting marijuana in faraway cool area (7) SUNSPOT {(~sons)SUNS}{POT}

2   Movement spanning Virgil, Cicero, Byron, Coleridge, and Shelley (9) ROMANTICS [CD] (Addendum - {ROMAN{TIC}S} - See comments)

3   Some assassin in Japan (5) NINJA [T] &lit

4   My API’s designed using Unix/Linux conventions (8) SYMPOSIA {MY+APIS}* over {OS}

5   Appointment where model is drawn? (6) POSING [CD] (Addendum - POStING &lit - See comments)

6   Imitation of one has come up regularly (4) ECHO {One+Has+ComE}<=

7   Because greed or lust leads to corruption, eventually (5) SINCE {SIN}{Co...n}{Ev...y}

8   Bus is close by, heading to township at outskirts of Lahore (7) SHUTTLE {SHUT}{To}{To...p}{La..rE} (Correction - {SHUT}{To...p}{La..rE} - See comments)

13 New Zealand cricketer called for run (4) BOLT (~ boult)

15 Send husband to fill drink (4) SHIP {S{H}IP}

17 Block uncontrolled access to club... i.e., card properly! (9) BARRICADE {BAR}{IE+CARD}*

18 Spooner calling out pitch section with uneven movement (8) WOBBLING (~ lob wing to wobbling)

19 Concentrate again and correct course, admitting a little failure (7) REFOCUS {RE{Fa...e}OCUS*}

21 Doctor sees fractured top of shoulder and bandages (7) DRESSES {DR}{SEES*}{Sh...r}

22 Peculiar actions of fast bowlers employing the middle part of arm for a bit of chucking (6) QUIRKS QUI(-c+r)RKS

24 One by one, receives two introductions to algebra, involving X/Y (5) AXIAL {A}{X}{1}{ALg...a}

26 Somewhat not certain about front page? (5) RECTO [T<=]

27 Temper bottled up by “positive India” (4) VEIN [T]

Reference List

Model = T, Quietly = P, Maiden = M, About = C, Good = G, Husband = H