No 13495, Friday 04 Mar 2022, Gussalufz

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Found some of the clues to be too complicated.

ACROSS

1   When unrestrained, outlaws almost all Chinese manufacturing plants (7) LICHENS {outLaws}{CHINESe}*

5   Shipment limits of 4 + 4 + 4? (7) FREIGHT {FouR}{EIGHT}

9   Struggle to find counter man at egg-and-milk depot (9) WAREHOUSE {WAR}{HE<=}{0}{USE}

10 Second 10000-page story! (5) SCOOP {S}{C}{OO}{P}

11 Once again, put in checks and deter corruption (10) REINSERTED {REINS}{DETER*}

12 Capable of going back in hot pursuit? (4) UPTO [T<=]

14 Measurement across wire is 501 — current instrument missing a 1000? (8) DIAMETER {D1}{AMmETER}

16 Guy passes over one after party showing discipline (6) DOMAIN {MA{1}N}<=>{DO}

19 Drawing collection includes 1000 originals of crayoned handiworks (6) SKETCH {S{K}ET}{Cr...d}{Ha...s}

20 Talks about burping awkwardly after swallowing a bit of sausage (6,2) BRINGS UP {BURPING}* over {Sa...e}

23 Retreated in noisy, alcohol-serving places (4) LAYS [T<=]

25 Step into lift for NCC-1701! (10) ENTERPRISE {ENTER}{PRISE}

28 Blue squad essentially buried by a disastrous 0-0 (5) AZURE {A}{Z{sqUad}ERo*}

29 Sources in Iran: it’s free to drink alcohol! (9) ORIGINALS {0 RIALS} over {GIN}

30 Subject seen with a frothy lager — accepting a little bribe? (7) ALGEBRA {A}{LGE{Br..e}RA*}

31 Following grandmother’s tips, consumer gets 2 for 1, perhaps (7) GREATER {Gr...eR}{EATER}

DOWN

1   500 + 500 sandwiches were cut! (7) LOWERED {L}{0){WERE}{D}

2   Tragic play about city? When it concludes, use tissue (9) CARTILAGE {CARTI{LA}G*}{usE}

3   Character regularly sat on the stage facing the wrong way (5) ETHOS {Sat+On+tHe+sTagE}<=

4   Save 2500 or 10000 with one realtor at the top instead of a novice (8) SQUIRREL {SQU{-a+{1}{Re...r}IRE}{L}

5   Ran away grabbing 10 euros? Crooked! (6) FLEXED {FLE{X}{E}D}

6   Lacking envelopes, pen pal has audiotaped last letter for an American — piece of cake! (4) EASY {pEn}{pAl}{(~zee)SY}

7   Rocking 4 switching to a higher note, quietly showing class (5) GROUP {fOUR(+g)G<=}{P} 

8   Hierarchically controlled old police department in city (3-4) TOPDOWN {T{O}{PD}OWN}

13 Drink up with popular couple (4) JOIN {OJ<=}{IN}

15 Every right taken out of grasp (4) EACH rEACH

17 Attacker (HAL 9000, perhaps?), breaking into a ship, switched 160 connected computers (9) ASSAILANT {A}{SS}{AI} and {T}<=>{LAN} 

18 0-0 around closing bits of third quarter? Better teams, say, would be ahead in this! (8) ORDERING {0}{RING} over {thiRD}{E}

19 Secretly insult a narcissistic ruler (7) SULTANA [T]

21 Iron Man regularly buried in perverse smears? (7) PRESSER {PeRvErSe+SmEaRs}

22 A new $1000 jacket for outdoor activities, primarily wool (6) ANGORA {A}{N}{G}{Ou...oR}{Ac...s}

24 New solver’s no good (5) YOUNG {YOU}{N}{G}

26 5 or 7 PM: imbibing beer at last with one's partner (5) PRIME {P{beeR}{1}M}{E}

27 5 years oddly cut back from the opening part of sentence (4) VERB {V}{yEaRs}{Back}

Reference List

Second = S, 100 = C, Page = P, 501 = D1, 1000 = M, Party = DO, 1000 = K, 50 = L, 500 = D, Novice = L, Euros = E, Quietly = P, Note = F,G, Old = O, Drink = OJ(orange juice), Right = R, Ship = SS, 160 T, Quarter = E, New = N, $1000 = G, No = N, Good = G, Partner = E(East in bridge game)