Independent 9,812 by Alchemi

Sorry for the delayed posting, I’ve rather had to rush this in my lunch break today

Most of this was quite easy thankfully.

Thanks Alchemi

Across

1 Highly-rated member of 6 opens county plant (8)
SAMPHIRE
A – high rating & M.P. 6 is parliament both inside SHIRE

5 Web designer toured Ipswich, being shown around (6)
SPIDER
Hidden reversed in clue

10 Versatile performer – American – can barely move (7)
USTINOV
US – American & TIN – can & a bare (m)OV(e)

11 Law enforcement agency‘s money cut back (7)
EUROPOL
EURO – money & LOP reversed

12 Slow dances for members of 6 (4)
OWLS
Collective nouns time and an excuse for Pierre to get out his big book of birds. SLOW* dancing

13 Going back to engineers, 6 protest against government (10)
REVISITING
R(oyal) E(ngineers) & VI – Roman numerals for 6 & a SIT – IN & G(overnment)

15 Essentially, crabby Queen’s Speech is out of character (8)
ABERRANT
The essence of (cr)AB(by) & E.R. & RANT for speech

17 Intended encountered carrying article (5)
MEANT
AN inside MET

19 With writing materials, left for golf course (5)
LINKS
L(eft) & INKS

20 Lack of bias not established to perform exhumation (8)
DISINTER
EST(ablished) taken from DISINTER(est)

23 Quebec and, initially, Ontario have organised satisfactory means of payment (10)
CHEQUEBOOK
[QUEBEC O(ntario) H(ave)]* organised & OK – satisfactory. Haven’t written a cheque in years personally

24 Card game very much over (4)
FARO
FAR – very much & O(ver)

27 Withdraw army unit about to be buried in rubbish (7)
RETREAT
R.E. (army) & RE (about) inside TAT

28 Interpreted legal document describes fake (7)
DECODED
COD – fake inside DEED

29 Policeman meets unpleasant person with small fingers? (6)
DIGITS
Detecctive Inspector & a GIT & S(mall)

30 More eggs scrambled by member of 6 (4-4)
REES-MOGG
[MORE EGGS]* scrambled. Some rather wish he wasn’t.

Down

1 Apparently tolerates soldiers’ senselessness (6)
STUPOR
“Tolerates” is PUTS UP. so PUTS reversed & O.R. – soldiers

2 Maybe gold satisfied nearly everyone (5)
METAL
MET & most of AL(l)

3 Bear action about new sort of 6 (4)
HUNG
N(ew) in a (bear) HUG

4 First of irises in flower on a gorgeous stretch of coastline (7)
RIVIERA
First letter of I(ris) isude RIVER for flow-er & A

6 Treatment of malaria mostly covered by restricted diet (10)
PARLIAMENT
A treated [MALARI(a)]* inside PENT for restricted. The theme to today’s puzzle.

7 Some members of 6 tell stories about animal clone (9)
DUPLICATE
The D.U.P. (poliitical party see 6) & CAT inside LIE

8 Put down for one stopping to tell stories (8)
RELEGATE
EG (for one, for example) inside RELATE

9 Fixed 6 up in being prejudiced (6)
SEXIST
The actual number 6 SIX reversed inside SET

14 Stutter and tremble painting pupil (3,7)
ART STUDENT
[STUTTER AND]* trembling

16 Foreign 6’s beginning in bilingual German and French is supported by the attorney-general (9)
BUNDESTAG
Start of B(ilingual) & UND (German AND) & EST (French IS) & A.G.

18 6’s official to endorse keeping large staff (5,3)
BLACK ROD
L(arge) inside BACK & ROD. He’s the man sent to summon the commoners to the Lords. In tights obviously.

20 6’s business club submerged in river (6)
DEBATE
BAT – club inside the river DEE

21 Spooner’s academics go for Foot (7)
SPONDEE
A foot in poetry. A Roonerspism of DONS PEE

22 Pig eats old member of Irish 6 as a snack (3,3)
HOT DOG
O(ld) T.D. –  Irish equivilent of MP inside HOG

25 Sound car gets round (5)
AUDIO
Car maker AUDI & O. Alchemi seems to be putting a lot of old chestnuts in here today.

26 Book products of 6 (4)
ACTS
Double definition