Apologies for the lateness of this one–I wrote out the answers thinking I would have time later in the day to fill in the explanations, and in the event I wasn’t able to do it until now. Some may consider this too easy, but there is real craft here. Very economical clues; I think I liked 1 down the best.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | PARADISE PARADE (walk) around IS (island) |
| 5 | SCRAWL S (old Bob) CRAWL (cringe) |
| 9 | GALLOWAY ALLOW (permit) in GAY (happy) |
| 10 | CALLAS A (article) in CALLS (cries) |
| 12 | DISTEMPER DIS (Pluto, as in lord of the underworld) TEMPER (mood). |
| 13 | TEASE TEAS (drinks) E (earl) |
| 14 | STAR RATS (vermin) reversed |
| 16 | PANACHE PAN (criticise) A CHE (revolutionary) |
| 19 | RESTING RE (soldier) STING (hurt) |
| 21 | PADS P(prince) ADS (marketing campaign) |
| 24 | DRIVE DRIVE[l] (endless rubbish) |
| 25 | SMALL-TIME EMIT (give out) L (50) LAMS (pounds), all reversed |
| 27 | CLAUDE LAUD (praise) in CE (church). Referring to Monet, presumably. |
| 28 | CASSETTE SET (prepared) in CASTE (class) |
| 29 | RETARD TAR (sailor) in RED (embarrassed) |
| 30 | STARTLED START (pioneer) LED (showed the way) |
| Down | |
| 1 | PAGODA GO (fit, as in “will it go in my luggage?”) between PA and DA (two parents) |
| 2 | RELISH R (roman) ELI’S (priest’s) H (hard) |
| 3 | DRONE DR (doctor) ON E (drug) |
| 4 | SCAMPER S (son) CAMPER (mobile home) |
| 6 | CHASTENED C (Charlie) HASTENED (urged) |
| 7 | ALLIANCE [d]ALLIANCE (flirtation) |
| 8 | LISTENER *(LET SIREN) |
| 11 | CROP dd |
| 15 | TAIL-ENDER *(LATE DINER) |
| 17 | PRODUCER PROD (motivation) + *(CURE) |
| 18 | ASPIRANT *(PARTISAN) |
| 20 | GASP AS (while) in GP (doctor) |
| 21 | PLAY-ACT LAY (poem) in PACT (agreement) |
| 22 | PISTOL *(SPOILT) The comrade of Henry V. |
| 23 | DEFEND DEF (fed reversed) END (dissolution) |
| 26 | LOSER hidden in TiepoLO’S ERos |
Argentzero,
Among painters “Claude” (27ac) generally refers to Claude Lorrain.