THC-crossword thread-6; 4 ans PP till 4 pm IST

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 *Not totally against what some lovers do (8) ANTELOPE
5 *Toddlers on the way back (3-3) DIK-DIK
9 A bishop’s religious pamphlet is non-realistic (8) ABSTRACT
10 Avoid struggle at start involved in establishing peace (6) ESCAPE
12 Debt is done with; plan to follow (9) OVERDRAFT
13 *Do not take starters with beer — this will backfire (5) ELAND
14 *Chinese path that doesn’t restrict a pious person (4) TOPI
16 Window of room sandwiched between ends of hall and lounge (7) LATTICE
19 Extra-large specimen (7) EXAMPLE
21 *What’s there in a sudoku, dumbo? (4) KUDU
24 *Semi-analytical solution (5) NYALA
25 Of a protein-maker with limb or so operated (9)
27 *Ailing animal (6)
28 Nazis passing out with MBA dictating Africans (8) ZAMBIANS
29 Current passes on to a metal plate (6)
30 Be involved in karate and PT coaching (4,4)TAKE PART

Down
1 An unfinished puzzle about a woman being big (6) AMAZON
2 One queries about street dancing (6)
3 Sensational and transparent inner is changed (5)LURID
4 I’m at fault, I’ve to accept turning up without foreign material (7) PECCAVI
6 Fashionable to go over speed limits? Caught and examined (9) INSPECTED
7 Spectacular day strike by a jerk (8) DRAMATIC
8 Deeply involved to continue subduing poverty (4-4) KNEE DEEP
11 Everyone else rising from dead (4) ET AL
15 Harp on about time, having lost parents (9)
17 Right to spend month’s salary for utilities (8)
18 Such paths do not meet a match (8) PARALLEL
20 Money a conductor keeps inside? (4)EURO
21 Secret tale of music band being involved in grand note (7)
22 *Ceaselessly pierce with tip of axe (6)IMPALA
23 Secret seal and cross (6)CLOSET
26 *Steady and not tense (5)SABLE