THC-crossword thread-6; 4 ans PP till 4 pm IST

[sandhya.p61]

Across
1 Base with square thread form (12) HEADQUARTERS*
10 Neighbourhood gangster is after retiring army officer (5) LOCAL
11 Electronic research centre's lecture is complex (9) ELABORATE
12 Injury's said to be negligible (6)
13 Senate playing noughts and crosses, leaving thousands confused (8) CONGRESS
15 Stirring ale cocktail around is uplifting (9) {E(MOTION)AL*}
16 Draw? 0-0? Manager, ultimately a non-performer, is shown this (4)
20 Appends commercials with declarations at the start (4)ADDS
21 Produced powdered Boron sulphide (9) PUBLISHED*
24 Weird, weird clue by Spinner has 'average' written all over it (8) PECULIAR
26 Garden party film's good for the most part (6) PICNIC
28 Southern city seen another way, in crisis (9) NECESSITY
29 Agitated German man leaves in rage (5)
30 Stern manager surprisingly compromises (12) ARRANGEMENTS*

Down
2 Cried as old partner's medical went wrong (9)EXCLAIMED
3 Lied about accountant's tape being empty — It's sensitive! (8)DELICATE
4 Doctor Seuss endlessly exercises (4)
5 Sound engineers like working with expert (10) REASONABLE
6 English money (not counting Arabian money) is abundant (6)ENOUGH
7 Time's short time/long time? (5)
8 Meat's unpreserved! Add a little lemon right away! (5)
9 Styled one's hair over pudding (7)
14 People of a region counted upon a pilot's flying (10) POPULATION*
17 Instant deliveries — Revolutionary thing! (9) OVERNIGHT
18 Guy, not cruciverbalist basically, writes surfaces (7)
19 Spinner's friend under mistakenly set impression (8) ESTIMATE
22 More well matched roles messed up by leader of cast (6) CLOSER
23 Muffler basically silences automobile by force (5)
25 Two firms, one drink (5)COCOA
27 Family displaced, yet sheltering some people (4)