Across

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]