Across
1 Smooth with this rough substance (9) SANDPAPER [Straight Clue again, when will the Constructor change?]
6 Earlier religious dignitary (5) SAINT?? [Not sure how]
9 Income again from neighbourhood (7) REVENUE [RE(again) + VENUE(neighborhood??)]
10 Disc associated with Spanish dance (7) [No Idea Yet]
11 General plan of action (7) POLICY?? [Not sure]
12 Take oneself off suddenly (6) [No Idea Yet]
15 Old religious pamphlet, one about lineage (10) [No Idea Yet]
16 Large semicircular recess (4) APSE [Straight Clue??]
18 Members at grassroots level (4) [No Idea Yet]
19 Job for a learner concerned with the trade (10) VOCATIONAL [Saw it in another forum, Someone explain please, Vocation is job but AL??]
23 I hunt around for a carriage to ride in (6) CHAISE [To hunt around is CHASE. Anag of CHASE + I]
25 Orderliness in the system (6) METHOD?? [Seems to fit there]
28 I'm badly upset by such a force (7) IMPETUS [Anagram of I'M and UPSET, badly is the Anag indicator]
29 Contaminate and destroy the purity (7) POLLUTE [Straight Clue]
30 Remove all traces (5) ERASE [Straight Clue]
31 Unconscious and wildly foolish (9) SENSELESS [Double Definition]
Down
1 Doubt about what is morally right (7) SCRUPLE?? [Not too sure]
2 Short story that is new and strange? (9) NOVELETTE?? [Novel is new, not sure though]
3 All-healing universal remedy (7) PANACEA [Straight Clue]
4 Mixed type right for bridge support (4) PIER?? [Not too sure how though]
5 What exceptionally uncommon birds are (4) RARE?? [Gut Feel]
6 A fish that showed sullen displeasure (6) SALMON?? [Not Sure]
7 Our beloved country (5) INDIA [Best Clue Today ;)]
8 Fall back into illness (7) [No Idea Yet]
13 Lean over the good man to degrade oneself (5) STOOP?? [ST is for good man, not too sure about the rest of the clue]
14 Confined to a particular spot (5) LOCAL?? [Wild Guess]
17 Accommodation for top people? (9) PENTHOUSE [Nice clue, straight, yet cryptic]
18 Broken lattice relating to touch (7) TACTILE [Anagram of Lattice]
20 Detached portion of a glacier (3,4) ICE FLOE [Saw it at another forum]
21 Climbing frames left by totters (7) LADDERS?? [Seems to fit here]
22 Set again to get the blood-sucking fly (6) TSETSE [set again is the clue]
24 First Greek letter (5) ALPHA [What a cryptic and tough clue, had to break my head for an hour for this ;)]
26 She is a goddess again (4) ISIS [Too similar to the TSETSE clue]
27 Full extent from end to end (4) SPAN?? [Looks like it]
1 He offers protection for a dignitary, may be (9) BODYGUARD [Straight clue, looks like its the same constructor as yesterday]
5 Fling oneself about (4) TOSS [Straight Clue]
8 Hotel found in natural surroundings (3) INN [Hidden clue - IN Natural]
9 Yielding up of rights to a property may be (7) CESSION [Straight Clue??]
10 Proclaim and make public (3) AIR [Double Definition]
11 Without inherent power of action (5) INERT [Straight clue ]
12 How Aladdin's genie worked (9) MAGICALLY [Straight clue]
13 Liven up and revitalise (7) FRESHEN [Double Definition]
15 Be indignant and foamed at the mouth (6) BOILED [Explain please]
17 Old fashioned and dowdily dressed (6) FRUMPY [Guess thats the word for it - Straight Clue]
18 What's left is the wrong side in a way (7) RESIDUE [Anag of RUE(Wrong) and SIDE]
21 Get rid of the bird in the select group (9) ELIMINATE [The bird here is MINA and select group is ELITE so they form ELI mina TE]
22 Raise up to place high in rank (5) EXALT [Straight Clue??]
24 Twenty-second Greek letter (3) CHI [Straight Clue]
25 Capes that cover shoulders (7) TIPPETS [I guess these are worn to cover the shoulders]
26 Expanse that encloses the continents (3) SEA [Straight Clue]
27 One remarkable person (4) ONER [Hidden Clue??]
28 Illegal extraction of money (9) EXTORTION [Straight Clue]
Down
1 Official in court of law (7) BAILIFF [Straight Clue]
2 Lively rhythmic steps to music (5) DANCE [Straight and ridiculously non-cryptic]
3 Taking much upon oneself (8) ASSUMING [Straight Clue??]
4 Actions for things needed (6) DOINGS [Straight Clue??]
5 Persistence developed by countess in sea (13) TENACIOUSNESS [Anagram of COUNTESS IN SEA]
6 Steady fellow known to nag in the stalls (6,3) STABLE LAD [Looks like a Straight Clue]
7 Appealed to higher authority? (6) PRAYED [Straight Clue]
9 Cast off artist is not to be recognised (3,3,7) CUT THE PAINTER [Guess its an expression]
14 Remarkable learning (9) ERUDITION [Guess thats the meaning for ERUDITION]
16 Most concise in expression (8) BRIEFEST [Straight again]
17 Defraud money or property (6) FLEECE [Just Guessing]
19 Go on a journey by rail (7) ENTRAIN [Straight Clue]
20 Taste and see (6) SAMPLE [Looks like a Straight Clue]
23 Fullest sense in music (5) ASSAI [Straight Clue]
Footnote : I wonder who the Constructor is for the last couple of days. I hope its not what Mr Garcia ordered as a change in the Newspaper.
1 Take off as a means of entertainment (5,5) STRIP TEASE [Take off - to STRIP the rest is a straight clue]
6 Consciously complacent and respectable in character (4) SMUG [A double definition]
9 They cause illness by multiplying in tissues (7) BACILLI [Straight clue again]
10 That which has always existed and will exist (7) ETERNAL [Again a straight clue]
12 Pilot's designs for lofty canvasses (8) TOPSAILS [Thats a hat trick of straight clues]
13 Find vestiges of signs (5) TRACE [Not another straight clue]
15 Heavyweight measure of capacity (5) TONNE [Today cant be just a set of straight clues]
17 A shop-floor degradation (9) ABASEMENT [A + BASEMENT(shop-floor)]
19 Mounted attendants acting as guards (9) OUTRIDERS [Mounted as in on a horse, so riders, OUTRIDERS are guards]
21 Jewelled band for the hair (5) TIARA [Very straight clue]
23 Meet with expressions of welcome (5) GREET [God too many straight clues here]
24 Obsolete coin catalogue for writer of records (8) ANNALIST [Could someone explain this?]
27 Past the expected time (7) OVERDUE [Straight clue]
28 A murder reconstructed by listening apparatus (3,4) EAR DRUM [A much awaited anagram clue - Anag of A MURDER gives EAR DRUM]
29 Spots the marriage portion (4) DOTS [DOTS means dowry which is a portion of marriage]
30 Small flowers stringed together (5,5) DAISY CHAIN [Daisy is a flower, chain is stringed together. DAISY CHAIN i guess is a formation]
Down
1 Weeps under mental stress (4) SOBS [Straight clue]
2 Bear with canine head encircled by a sort of corona (7) RACCOON [Canine head would C, and anag with CORONA gives RACCOON]
3 Extremities of the earth's axis (5) POLES [Referring to the South and North Poles - staright clue again]
4 Exclude from competition (9) ELIMINATE [Wonder who this constructor is? Could we have guys who do cryptic clues please?]
5 Pair of spectacles shortly (5) SPECS [Cant get straghter than this]
7 Dull routine of this world (7) MUNDANE [oh boy! oh boy! do i have to say what kind of clue?]
8 Paradoxically humorous and could be liberating (10) GILBERTIAN [Anag of LIBERATING]
11 Plead to tan tree somehow (7) ENTREAT [Guess he heard me, 2 continous Anagram clues Anag of TAN TREE and somehow is the Anag indicator]
14 Fortress, a sturdy place for cargo (10) STRONGHOLD [Did I say it too soon? we are back to our Straight clues again]
16 Expelled the victim inside (7) EVICTED [Could someone explain this?]
18 Sailor sees ten people living elsewhere (9) ABSENTEES [Anag of AB(Sailor) + SEES TEN]
20 After that on that account (7) THEREAT [Explanation please]
22 Land of Mozart and Strauss (7) AUSTRIA [Straight clue]
24 Space for the scene of conflict (5) ARENA [straight again]
25 Composition of wordy Cyril (5) LYRIC [Anagram of Cyril, wordy is the anag indicator]
26 So be it at the end of a prayer (4) AMEN [Straight clue]
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