September 26 Globe & Mail Cryptic

WARNING: Contains spoilers!!

ACROSS


1 Initially placed on the throne with child (8) PREGNANT
P(laced) + REGNANT

6 Live wire's heading into valley (5) DWELL
W(ire) inside DELL

10 Like cultured folks, penalized again? (7) REFINED
RE+FINED

11 Flag worker behind Quaker (7) PENNANT
PENN (Quaker) + ANT

12 Rehabilitate ruder German engraver (5) DÜRER
Anag. RUDER

13 Addresses accountant wearing some cosmetics (9) LOCATIONS
LOTIONS around CA

14 Oppressive approach includes dark brown pigments (10) CUMBERSOME
COME around UMBERS

17 Pair, I understand, returned stringed instrument (4) HARP
PR+AH reversed

20 Outspoken peasant waves (4) SURF
Homophone of SERF

21 Dirt in most endangered Amazon region (4,6) RAIN FOREST
INFO (dirt) inside RAREST

23 Set catalogue here and there (9) COAGULATE
Anag. CATALOGUE

25 A small branch of admin practiced (5) ADEPT
A+DEPT.

27 Beasts strike, in a retrospective (7) ANIMALS
SLAM+IN+A reversed

28 Rig vote about Hitchcock classic (7) VERTIGO
Anag. of RIG+VOTE

29 Arctic explorer, particularly fruity? (5) PEARY
Cryptic def.

30 Teasing migrant in legend (8) NEEDLING
Anag. IN+LEGEND

DOWN

2 Direct upward or downward (5) REFER
Palindrome

3 IRS agent reconstructed frameworks over railroad tracks (8) GANTRIES
Anag. of IRS+AGENT

4 Also, a large NATO country protects one region in Spain (9) ANDALUSIA
AND+A+L+USA around I

5 Theme for movie (5) TOPIC
TO+PIC

6 Present, crossing guard on a tear (6) DONATE
Hidden

7 Fancy rock at earlobe (9) ELABORATE
Anag. AT+EARLOBE

8 Drawing us something seen at a pond (5) LOTUS
LOT+US

9 Manufactures fishing pole in purplish colours (8) PRODUCES
ROD inside PUCES

15 Flipped butter atop fish - it is served with a tequila cocktail (9) MARGARITA
RAM (rev.) +GAR+IT+A

16 Even our ma beat engineer (9) MANOUEVRE
Anag. EVEN+OUR+MA

18 Little piece of ice, on request (8) PETITION
PETIT+I(ce)+ON

19 Like some records Van Duyn found on Russian river (8) MONAURAL
MONA (Van Duyn)+URAL (River)

22 Sweet Sunday at Indiana city (6) SUGARY
SU(nday)+GARY (Indiana)

23 Victor, work a bit (5) CHAMP
Double def.

24 Pearson has bad lighting? (5) ARSON
Hidden

26 Brought up natural spring water (5) EVIAN
NAÏVE (natural) reversed.