SunWeb7 by Athos

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ACROSS

1 This war camp and the little one, on the floor of a cave? (10)
6 Meat on a stick lacks potassium, give it back to the little one (4)
10 Ah, you and 510, I hear (5)
11 Where this ruler had his meal, and ruled (9)
12 What a pain, The Saint and the US agents were around twice (8)
13 Over one foot, to the North around the lake (5)
15 Put it in the rock and stir it up (7)
17 This Mandarin, in the Orient he fired before the rest (7)
19 Hang on you greens, to the Italian and his doctor after ten (7)
21 This lobster keeps his head high while he sleeps (7)
22 On ahead again, on ahead again (5)
24 This is an immaculate concept, for the saints on the poles (8)
27 Not in continuous, harmless really (9)
28 100 x E. Sounds like you should stop (5)
29 He’s the mother of the French (4)
30 Look back on, the rocky mountaintop is around in respect (10)

DOWN

1 If the sheath is cut by Shakespeare, he’ll break no strike (4)
2 This is much more serious than a child sleeping (9)
3 Is this where you get the smell of Italian coffee? (5)
4 You’re in 1004 to the East, stupid. That’s big (7)
5 After tea, I will grow old, like the crops in the field (7)
7 It is a surprise to be taken by this (5)
8 Holmes, “that’s easy for you to say” (10)
9 Very nice. ‘ER House is like this (8)
14 You can blooming well eat the lot of this autumn stir (10)
16 Tunes at speed, above the ground (8)
18 No will of his own, in the trial before he had eaten (9)
20 Fifty one’s and more, so graceful (7)
21 These wardrobes need no advertisement for the viewer (7)
23 It could be Royal, or could it be Grand (5)
25 This grass-hopper has lost its tail to become a set of points (5)
26 Swords into ploughshares after this, Is. (4)

Full Solution

ACROSS
1 stalagmite.
STALAG + MITE
6 babe.
[K] + EBAB [ backwards ]
10 audio.
A + U + D + IO
11 sultanate.
SULTAN + ATE
12 sciatica.
ST + CIA +CIA[anagram]
13 ankle.
N + LAKE [anagram]
15 agitate.
IT + A + GATE [anagram]
17 elitist.
E + LIT+ IST [first place, ahead of the rest]
19 tendril.
TEN + DR + IL [he, male Italian]
21 bolster.
LOBSTER [anagram]
22 recap.
RECAP
24 spotless.
STS + POLES[anagram]
27 innocuous.
CON [T] INUOUS [ no-T lose the T, anagram]
28 cease.
100 =C + EASE = E’s
29 male.
MA + LE
30 retrospect.
RE + TRO [TOR around] + SPECT


DOWN
1 scab.
SCAB + BARD [delete BARD]
2 abduction.
Kid napping = ABDUCTION
3 aroma.
A + ROMA
4 massive.
M [1000] + ASS [stupid] + IV [four] + E [East]
5 tillage.
T + I’LL + AGE
7 aback.
ABACK
8 elementary.
ELEMENTARY, as said by Sherlock Homes
9 palatial.
ER House= queen’s palace = PALATIAL
14 nasturtium.
AUTUMN + STIR [anagram]
16 airspace.
AIRS + PACE
18 intestate.
IN + TEST[trial] + ATE
20 lissome.
L + I’S [one’s] + SOME
21 browser.
W +[A] + R +[D] + ROBES [delete ADvertisement, anagram]
23 canal.
The ROYAL canal or the GRAND canal in Ireland
25 locus.
LOCUS[T]
26 beat.
‘BEAT swords into ploughshares’, Isaiah II

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