No 13673, Thursday 29 Sep 2022, Vidwan

Solution to 5D 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

8   Standard gap mostly in middle of the buttocks (7) REGULAR {RE{GULf}AR}

9   General having a smoke in bushy spot (6) LEAFAGE {LE{A}{FAG}E}

11 Trace Spooner's cabbage carrier (8) MOLECULE (~ cole mule to molecule)

12 Seed of some retrograde Pashtun laws (6) WALNUT [T<=]

14 Father left mother? Right about the point where fate and life collide? (6) PALMAR {PA}{L}{MA}{R}

15 Region in far east (4) AREA [T]

19 Instrument central to health or nutrition (7) ALTHORN [T]

20 No rise during early stages (7) NASCENT {N}{ASCENT}

21 One wanting fruit salad or grass (4) TURF FRUiT*

22 Right kind of stone to take support (4,2) REST ON {R}{STONE*}

26 Rules: No sex-drug combo burns again! (6) REIGNS REIGNiteS

27 Regular celebrity stuffs and details basically (8) STANDARD {ST{AND}AR}{De...s}

29 Was dirty black couch cleaned with a mop? (7) SWABBED {WAS*}{B}{BED}

30 I reportedly dance for a seer (7) EYEBALL {(~i)EYE}{BALL}

DOWN

1   Cold prince's revolting atrocity (5) CRIME {C}{EMIR<=}

2   'Unwell' father, emerges 'lively' (5) AGILE frAGILE

3   Elbow jutting loner can work around nothing (9) OLECRANON {LONER+CAN}* over {0}

4   Peer cribs about slightest sensation? Yes, at first (11) PRELIMINARY {P{RE}{LIMIN}AR}{Y} Not sure of Anno

5   Many expressing love for travel (3) ?L? (Addendum - PLY PoLY - See comments)

6   Party hard! Something like a Cockatoo! (5) GALAH {GALA}{H}

7   Hide works, essays about Princess Royal (9) TANNERIES {T{ANNE}RIES}

10 Rent troubles workers and apprentices (8) ENTRANTS {RENT*}{ANTS}

13 Spooner to dispatch one who betrays or one who starts a fashion (11) TRENDSETTER (~send traitor to trendsetter)

16 Quietly sent art forms or designs (8) PATTERNS {P}{SENT+ART}*

17 Giant ramp built for a bird (9) PTARMIGAN*

18 Taken by surprise! A road built but not opened (9) ASTOUNDED {A}{ST}{fOUNDED}

23 Pre-Buddhist Tibetan priests - retrogressive society elitists (4) SNOBS {BONS<=}{S}

24 Tribute to God of Shepherds guarding Vedas regularly (5) PAEAN {PA{vEdAn}N}

25 A model bagging mostly boring porn (5) ADULT {A}{DULl}{T}

28 Did it regularly get used as pesticide? (3) DDT {DiD+iT}

Reference List

Smoke = FAG, Father = PA, Left = L, Mother = MA, Right = R, No = N, Sex = IT, Drug = E, Black = B, Cold = C, Prince = EMIR, Father = FR, Peer = PAR, About = RE, Yes = Y, Hard = H, Princess Royal = ANNE, Quietly = P, Society = S, Model = T