No 13460, Saturday 22 Jan 2022, KrisKross

ACROSS

1   Small boat at sea, mostly old wreck (8) SABOTAGE {S}{BOAT*}{AGEd}

5   Nothing about religion is magic (6) OCCULT {0}{C}{CULT}

9   Vehicles starting to transport fresh carrots (8) TRACTORS {Tr...t}{CARROTS*}

10 Opening to earn cash while talking (6) WINDOW (~ win dough)

12 Letter-opener? (9) ADDRESSEE [CD]

13 Some players dribbling around — they move fast (5) BIRDS [T<=]

14 Face setback? (4) DIAL<=

16 Fictional heroine spilt a beer after drinking a small quantity (7) REBECCA {A+BEER}* over {CC}

19 Setter’s in confused state occasionally (2,5) AT TIMES {I'M} in {STATE}*

21 Compete with feeling (4) VIEW {VIE}{W}

24 See 22 Down

25 Visitors, somewhat exhausted, meet park officers (9) STRANGERS {So...aT}{RANGERS}

27 Obliged smart young woman model (2,4) IN DEBT {IN}{DEB}{T}

28 Trivia contestant at first mistaken about old queen (8) VICTORIA {TRIVIA+Co...t}* over {O}

29 Butcher again beat counter (6) MURDER {RE}{DRUM}<=

30 Aim to win job, and lose it (2,6) GO POSTAL {GO{POST}AL}

DOWN

1   Tie worn by a government official (6) SATRAP {S{A}TRAP}

2   Letters from “Comic Rob” — a film star (6) BRANDO {B R and O}

3   The identity that legatees earn, primarily (5) TITLE Acrostic &lit

4   Gloria’s new gemstone (7) GIRASOL*

6   Not difficult to ascend with rope around arm, perhaps (9) CLIMBABLE {C{LIMB}ABLE}

7   Extremely upset dancer struggling to perform weakly (8) UNDERACT {UpseT+DANCER}*

8   Central Hotel has chief kick out KrisKross — a resident of Chennai, say (8) TOWNSMAN {hoTel}{OWNS}{MAiN}

11 Raise back (4) REAR [DD]

15 Fixed email message’s header, but wrongly (9) IMMUTABLE {EMAIL+Me...e+BUT}*

17 Truck — one covered by dirt — going north, carrying a rare element (8) VANADIUM {VAN}{MU{1}D<=} over {A}

18 Auditor embarrassed after all deductions made are reversed (8) ATTENDER {RED}{NETT}{A}<=

20 Many abandoning hit band (4) SASH SmASH

21 After extremely short tango, I leave — it makes my head reel (7) VERTIGO {VERy}{T}{I}{GO}

22/24 Say, Bond in centre stage, dancing (6,5) SECRET AGENT*

23 Is old king rebelling for a country? (6) ISRAEL {IS}{LEAR<=}

26 Molten iron, over time, becomes explosive (5) NITRO {NI{T}RO*}

Reference List

Small = S, About = C, With = W, Smart = IN, Yong woman = DEB, Model = T, Old = O, Again = RE, 

Are = A, Many = M, Tango = T,  Time = T

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