No 12756, Wednesday 16 October 2019, Spinner

ACROSS
1 At first, female invites gentleman home, then she attacks! (6) FIGHTS [Acrostic]
4 Woman, starting late, ran and ran fast! (8) GALLOPED [GAL + eLOPED]
10 A crime busted before a country (7) AMERICA [A + CRIME* + A]

11 Gold missing from admiral's cabinet (7) COMMODE [COMMODorE]
12 Lock mostly traps warmth in cinema halls (8) THEATRES [TRESs outside HEAT]
13 Girl's former flame in adjoining building (6) ANNEXE [ANNE outside EX]
15 Beheaded mammals for breakfast item? (4) OATS [gOATS]
17 Regularly scale peak, becoming most competent (9) CLEVEREST [sCaLe EVEREST]
20 They remind you of champions, missing nothing while absorbing pressure! (9) PROMPTERS [PROMOTERS with Pressure for 0]
21 Annoyance on missing tea turns into smile (4) GRIN [chaGRIN]
24 Series result basically captured by call at the toss, perhaps? (6) TRAILS [Result inside TAILS]
25 Splinters from wrecked planes strewn around edges of hangar (8) SHRAPNEL [PLANES* outside HangaR]
28 Exact prices fixed while receiving drug (7) PRECISE [PRICES* outside Ecstasy]
29 Unlimited funds revolutionary extended (7) OFFERED [ cOFFERs + RED] [cOFFEr + RED]
30 Left pen inside pen (8) RESIGNED [SIGN inside REED]
31 Plucked instrument softly with discordant delay (6) PLAYED [P + DELAY*]

DOWN
1 Small part of ring protecting small part of ring (8) FRACTION [FACTION outside Ring]
2 We see good returns keeping birds (5) GEESE [T<=]

3 Turns south, stuck among fools (6) TWISTS [South inside TWITS]
5 Swerves when winning race, every now and then (4) ARCS [AS outside RaCe]
6 Guiding light from tower in regularly cloudy environment (8) LUMINARY [MINAR inside cLoUdY]
7 Academic poses for broadcast with king (9) PROFESSOR [POSES FOR* + Rex]
8 Idles while moving, saving energy/fuel (6) DIESEL [IDLES* outside Energy]
9 Orbiter positioned at the top, lander among A-list (9) SATELLITE [SAT + Lander inside ELITE]
14 Dislodge or miss stumps altogether? (9) OVERTHROW [DD]
16 Cows aren't the mad ones at the end! (9) THREATENS [ARENT THE* + oneS]
18 Suggesting Spinner's not telling the truth about beginning of puzzle? (8) IMPLYING [I'M + LYING outside Puzzle]
19 Inserted unfinished clue, didn't properly... (8) INCLUDED [CLUE DIDNt]* is the deletion indicator in the right place?
22 Pours liquid over cut, ultimately causing numbness (6) STUPOR [POURS* outside cuT]
23 Reprimand is heartbreaking as leader quits (6) EARFUL [tEARFUL]
26 Anxious baron essentially consumed by unnatural envy (5) NERVY [baRon inside ENVY*]
27 Just no money in wool! (4) MERE [cashMERE]

No. 12755. Tuesday, 15 Oct, 2019, Hypatia

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