No 13864, Saturday 13 May 2023, KrisKross

ACROSS

1   Sweetheart cycling to end of lake to meet a fellow on the other side (8) OVERLEAF {(-l)OVER(+l)L}{lakE}{A}{F}

5   You and I about to divide cash supply exactly (2,4) AS SUCH {AS{US<=}CH*}

9   American company's visual image creating uproar (8) INCIDENT {INC}{IDENT}

10 Supporters rebel against America, resulting in chaos (6) SNAFUS {FANS<=}{US}

12 States with rulers killing many for tax finally (9) EXPRESSES E(-m+x)XPRESSES

13 Increase drug (5) SPIKE [DD]

14 One jumping to escape, reportedly (4) FLEA (~flee)

16 Endlessly cheer poor student working to get rank (7) ECHELON {CHEEr}*{L}{ON}

19 Prince from European city welcomes play's first theatre manager (7) PROPMAN {P}{RO{Play}MAN}

21 Starting to laze in bed, one could be fired (4) COLT {CO{Laze}T}

24 Complain about very piercing pain (5) CAVIL {C}{A{V}IL}

25 Awkward, spinning ball … must begin to hit (3,6) ALL THUMBS {BALL+MUST+Hit}*

27 Food in conferences rejected, say (6) FORAGE {FORA}{EG<=}

28 Bum living outside a bar is careful (8) VIGILANT {VIGIL{A}N*}{T}

29 Design box to store drug (6) CREATE {CR{E}ATE}

30 Exposes partners with wicked hearts (8) WEATHERS {WE}{HEARTS*}

DOWN

1   More demanding child? (6) OLIVER [GK]

2   Miss Earth's robe (6) ESCAPE {E'S}{CAPE}

3   Serve dal with extremely large spoon (5) LADLE {DAL*}{LargE}

4   Condition of associates crossing explosive mines (7) AMNESIA {A}{MINES*}{A}

6   Steward playing chess with elan (9) SENESCHAL {CHESS+ELAN}*

7   In Paris, a carriage participating in race in an illegal manner (8) UNFAIRLY {UN}{F{AIR}LY}

8   Mysterious banshees - they are said to be over the hill (3-5) HAS-BEENS*

11 Man, for example, leaving a passage (4) ISLE aISLE

15 Fame after 50 - KrisKross is heading off in joy (9) LIMELIGHT {L}{I'M}{dELIGHT}

17 Terminator, for one, filled with purpose - heartless, cold and precise (8) SPECIFIC {S{Pu...sE}CIFI}{C} Semi&lit

18 Study poetry and talk (8) CONVERSE {CON}{VERSE}

20 Play about a Biblical character (4) NOAH {NO{A}H}

21 Crash in bed, ill - occasionally rising (7) COLLIDE [T<=]

22 Easy scratching skin at the top, holding a stick (6) IMPALE {sIMP{A}LE}

23 Actually a sibling consumes this regularly (2,2,2) AS IT IS {A}{SI{ThIs}S}

26 One surrounded by many in lift (5) HOIST {HO{1}ST}

Reference List

Fellow = F, American company = INC, Many = M, Student = L, Prince = P, About = C, Very = V, Bar = T, Drug = E, Earth = E, Associate = A, A in French = UN, Carriage = AIR, 50 = L, Cold = C, Study = CON, Play = NOH