October 3rd Puzzle

WARNING: Contains spoilers!!


ACROSS

1 Either way, they sang 'Waterloo" (4) ABBA
Palindrome

3 Other guard trained Pope's group (5,5) ROUGH TRADE
Anag. of OTHER+GUARD, Carol Pope’s group

10 English poet imports American film (9) SUSPENSER
US inside SPENSER, a type of suspenseful film

11 Dry kiss by actor McCormack (5) XERIC
X (kiss) + ERIC (McCormack) = dry

12 River current finally carried us (5) INDUS
IN (current) + (carrie)D + US = river

13 Copper TV knob without split (3,2,3) CUT IN TWO
CU+TINT+W/O

15 Hideous bar wrecked in club (7) MACABRE
Anag. of BAR in MACE (club)

17 Used rubber glove at last in returning freshwater fish (7) RETREAD
(glov)E inside a reversal of DARTER

19 Day-care centre playing reruns at gym (7) NURSERY
Anag. of RERUNS + Y (from YMCA)

21 Record holder chewed pen lids (7) SPINDLE
Anag. of PEN+LIDS

22 Start interminable bit of feedback by chemical engineer (8) COMMENCE
COMMEN(t)+CE

24 Shot ultimately drunk before a wager (5) KAPUT
(drun)K+A+PUT

27 Understood diplomacy circumscribes one (5) TACIT
TACT around I

28 Wrong hesitation before onerous changes (9) ERRONEOUS
ER + anag. of ONEROUS

29 Frisky steed I pass relinquishes control (5.5) STEPS ASIDE
Anag. of STEED+I+PASS

30 Distant Serengeti trek between terminals (4) AFAR
SAFARI between its terminals

DOWN

1 Attacking ninny with minor malady (10) ASSAILMENT
ASS + AILMENT

2 Located stitch in my ear (5) BASED
Homophone of BASTE

4 Small bone out of hand is c1ose(7) OSSICLE
Anag. IS+CLOSE

5 Elvis sometimes upset community service club after end of filming (7) GYRATOR
Rev. of ROTARY + (filmin)G

6 Poison canned beef? (5) TOXIN
OX inside TIN

7 War hero redesigned a defence weapon (9) ARROWHEAD
Anag. of WAR+HERO+A+D

8 Every train starts late (4) EACH
(t)EACH

9 Discerning some delicatessens I blessed (8) SENSIBLE
Hidden

14 Reflectively pose again with pastor, lawyer, sponsor (10) ADVERTISER
Reversal of RESIT+REV+DA

16 Automobile nearly grazed oval (9) CARTOUCHE
CAR+TOUCHE(d)

18 Fixation about family consideration (8) THINKING
THING around KIN

20 New York players go after vocal objection the wrong way (7) YANKEES
Rev. of SEEK + NAY

21 Live in small building, cut off (7) SHEARED
ARE inside SHED

23 Goodness! This doesn't include island folklore (5) MYTHS
MY! + THIS minus I

25 Veteran of geometry assignment (5) PROOF
PRO+OF

26 Property of egotistical elevator man (4) OTIS
Hidden