No 14112, Saturday 02 Mar 2024, Vidwan

ACROSS

8   Not a real way out for an argumentative guy (6) LAWYER {REaL+WAY}*

9   Indian state, partly holy with almost every disorder (8) UPHEAVAL {UP}{HEAVenly}{ALl}

10 State of love, partly joyful, leads to nothing (4) OHIO {O}{HIgh}{O}

11 Appease, support and spoil without slightest of validity (10) PROPITIATE {PROP}{vITIATE}

12 One small piece of land, middle of sea (4) ISLE {1}{S}{Land}{sEa} &lit

13 Prime, not the first, place for Congress in Rajasthan, say (10) OPPOSITION {tOP}{POSITION}

17 Oddly prose is starting to metamorphose verse (4) POEM {PrOsE}{Me...e}

18 Kingdom of infinite bounty (5) REALM {RE}{ALMs}

19 Part inside ammunition (4) UNIT [T]

21 Marriage broker initially upset someone like Patek Phillipe (10) WATCHMAKER (-m+w)WATCHMAKER

23 Trembled after avoiding small punch (4) HOOK sHOOK

24 Inability to move lower body or balance with a slightest of pressure on leg in action basically (10) PARAPLEGIA {PAR}{A}{Pr...e}{LEG}{In}{Ac...n}

28 Got a new robe (4) TOGA*

29 This is wants and longings basically sorted (4,4) WISH LIST {THIS+IS+Wa...s+Lo...s}* &lit

30 Stan's tree (6) LAUREL [DD]

DOWN

1   A computer man's brief moment of masculinity (8) MACHISMO {MAC}{HIS}{MO}

2   Redo my chip arrayed under the skin (10) HYPODERMIC*

3   Keen? Please turn over small weight to find a puzzle (10) CRYPTOGRAM {CRY}{PTO}{GRAM}

4   English plundered our money (4) EURO {E}{OUR*}

5   An asian model mostly has one (4) THAI {T}{HAs}{1}

6   I am good model for sorcerers (4) MAGI {I+AM+G}*

7   Oddly that also makes a design on skin (6) TATTOO {TAT}{TOO}

14 Prepare king for some kind of exercise (5) PLANK {PLAN}{K}

15 Hot season seasoning reportedly for full-bodied roll (10) SOMERSAULT (~summer salt)

16 Gout hit? Deal with determination! (5,2,3) TOUGH IT OUT {GOUT+IT}* [RA]

20 Strong old colour (4-4) IRON-GREY {IRON}{GREY}

22 A California Company Plant (6) ACACIA {A}{CA}{CIA}

25 Painful part of each year (4) ACHY [T]

26 Resting place of ex-Prime Minister, not the first (4) LAIR bLAIR

27 Secret agents' hidden backside entrance (4) GATE [T<=]

Reference List

Small = S, Of = RE, Balance = PAR, English = E, Model = T, Good = G, King = K, Company = CIA