End of another fine round from Sankalak.
ACROSS
1 Almost genuine workers, but shirkers (7) TRUANTS {TRUe}{ANTS}
5 Biting remark by the queen to the hairdresser (6) BARBER {BARB}{ER}
11
Composer who reflected anger about pupil (5)
ELGAR {E{L}GAR<=}
12 Hardened, deaf clinic, trashed, loses name (9) CALCIFIED CALCIFIEDn*
13 Shed tears, say, with westbound
saint for a
pupa (9)
CHRYSALIS (~cry){CHRY}{SALIS<=}
15 The tag for a maiden in Nebraska (4) NAME {N{A}{M}E}
17
Minute creatures in the
same zoo? Funny (7)
MESOZOA*
21
Glandular, like the tissue at the back of the nose and throat (7)
ADENOID [DD]
22 Plan suppressed by a wide awakening (4) IDEA [T]
26 Deliver a speech like the rejected sailor, in Old English (5) ORATE {O{RAT<=}E}
27 To defame a set of holy books is evil (9) MALIGNANT {MALIGN}{A}{NT}
29 Sets of caveats structured to include IT (9) ACTIVATES {CAVEATS+IT}*
30 Egg, small in volume, disintegrates without mass (5) OVULE VOLUmE*
32 Learned English, impolite about appeal (7) ERUDITE {E}{RUD{IT}E}
DOWN
2 Message received and understood, boy! (5) ROGER [DD]
3 Halt a royal and others (6) ARREST {A}{R}{REST}
4 Take hold of fishing gear (6) TACKLE [DD]
6 A Roman way Toni modified in operating planes (8) AVIATION {A}{VIA}{TONI*}
8 To travel after swallowing a decilitre? That's a conundrum (6) RIDDLE {RID{DL}E}
9 Go down with two notes and transmit about a hundred! (7) DESCEND {D}{E}{S{C}END}
10 First of bombardiers survived being attacked (7) BLASTED {B}{LASTED}
16
Wonderland character who
had swayed in substance (3,6)
MAD HATTER {M{AD H*}ATTER}
18 Bury little Valerie in the meantime (8) INTERVAL {INTER}{VAL}
19
Element that
this bum destroyed (7)
BISMUTH*
20 Fights of some mammals let off inside (7) BATTLES {BAT{LET*}S}
23 Pattern upset by spies so close to martyrdom (6) MOSAIC {M}{OS}{AIC}<=
24 More intimate class leader, a no-hoper (6) CLOSER {C}{LOSER}
25 A precious thing around the east that's been around a long time (3-3) AGE-OLD {A}{G{E}-OLD}
28 Not the kind of movie for a child (5) ADULT [CD]
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