No 13390, Saturday 30 Oct 2021, Spinner

ACROSS

1 Emotional air all around leading to a change for the better (12) AMELIORATION {EMOTIONAL+AIR*}

10 Bust chiefly shattered in blast (5) BOSOM {BO{Shattered}OM}

11 Fulfilling programme primarily emphasising anchor’s yell (9) APPEASING {APP}{Emphasising}{Anchor}{SING}

12 Hurt jawbone plated with metal (6) ACHING {A{CHIN}G}

13 Most savage cryptic clue set traps solver ultimately! (8) CRUELEST {CLUE+SET*} around {solveR}

15 Resistance overcome by widespread disease concerning the skin (9) EPIDERMIC {EPIDE{R}MIC}

16 Sing jazz improvisation from intro of ‘Smelly Cat’ (4) SCAT {Smelly}{CAT}

20 Track // family // business (4) LINE (MD)

21 Worker embraces a young, queer woman offering advice (5,4) AGONY AUNT {A{A+YOUNG*}NT}

24 Flight? In other words, ’twas airy! (8) STAIRWAY {TWAS+AIRY*}

26 Male takes no true responsibility! (6) MANTLE {MA{N}{T}LE}

28 On getting work, sign-up actively for donating! (9) SUPPLYING {SIGN+UP*} around {PLY}

29 Egg on various unheralded lads everyday, for starters (5) OVULE (Acrostic)

30 To assist, they play captions as CM rambles (12) ACCOMPANISTS {CAPTIONS+AS+CM*}

DOWN

2 Deformed from accident involving player with two other players (9) MISSHAPEN {MIS{S}HAP}{E}{N}

3 Drunk old man gets energy on drinking energy drink (8) LEMONADE {OLD+MAN*}+{E} around {E}

4 Old friend’s a gem (4) OPAL {O}{PAL}

5 According to some sources, they’re charged with multiple counts of defamation! (10) ASPERSIONS {AS PER}{Sources}{IONS}

6 Setter matures on imbibing methods introduced in icons (6) IMAGES {I}{Methods}AGES}

7 Ignorant rogue loses principal while accruing interest (5) NAIVE {kNA{I}VE}

8 Basically, underwater vessel? (1-4) U-BOAT {Underwater}{BOAT} &lit

9 Protest a fool’s arrogant, thoughtless enactments at the outset (7) AGITATE {A}{GIT}{Arrogant}{Thoughtless}{Enactments}

14 A qualifying test invested in viewpoint of realism (10) PRAGMATISM {PR{A}{GMAT}ISM}

17 Fashion scam nearly brought down model (9) CONSTRUCT {CON}{STRU{C}T}

18 Tightest of catches goes down — with it, match essentially! (7) CLOSEST {C}{LOSES}{maTch}

19 “I’m on a car, cooking pasta!” (8) MACARONI {I+M+ON+A+CAR}

22 Dance away to unending beat (6) FROLIC {FRO}{LICk}

23 Often, etiquette embraces dogma (5) TENET (T)

25 Royal phalanx shields dominant leader (5) ALPHA (T)

27 Silver lining of Raja’s wonderful city, perhaps? (4) AGRA {AG}{RajA}

Reference List

Programme=App, Metal=Ag, Resistance=R, Worker=Ant, No=N, True=T

Player=S (South), Players=EN(East&North), Energy=E, Energy=E, Old=O, Setter=I, Interest=I, Qualifying test=GMAT, Nearly=C(Circa), Catches=C, Silver=AG

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Reference list word, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Opposite indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous