Beelzebub 1,191 – Fifteensquared

A pretty stiff challenge this week, with plenty of unfamiliar words. I was grateful for the extended deadline, as it gave a couple more days to complete the puzzle and blog.

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.

Across
1	THRUSH – R in (THUS + H).
5	OFFEND – OFF + END.
9	AYUNTAMIENTO – (UNITY ON A TEAM)*.
11	SPINETS – PIN in SETS.
13	SAKER – SAKE + [wa]R.
14	IDIOM – (I + 0) in DIM.
15	ANSATED – SATE in AND.
17	GLASSHOUSE – (SLOG HAS)* + USE.
19	TIGER SHARK – (G in TIERS) + HARK.
22	BORACIC – CAROB< + IC.
24	ELAND – ELAN + D.
26	VLACH – L in (VAC + H).
27	DOMINEE – (MINE in DO) + E.
28	ILLUSTRATION – TART< in ILLUSION.
29	EPOCHA – (PO + CH) in [m]EA[l].
30	STYLET – STY + LET.

Down
1	TAPSALTEERIE – (SALT in TAPE) + ERIE.
2	RUCKS – dd.
3	UNSEALED – (LANES DUE)*.
4	HAPLESS – (P in HALE) + SS.
5	OMIT – [v]OMIT.
6	FINISH – IN in FISH.
7	ENTIA – EN on AIT<.
8	DOOM-MERCHANT – (MORON MATCHED)*.
10	CANFIELD – (IF< in CANE) + LD.
12	SOLSTICE – STIC[k] in SOLE.
16	MORALITY – LIT in MORAY.
18	SHOWERS – S + HOW[l]ERS.
20	RADISH – S in (HID A R).
21	PAOLO – A in POLO. An Italian silver coin.
23	CAVIL – C + (V in AIL).
25	ANTA – [americ]AN TA[bloid].

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