ACROSS
1 Ancient Peruvians facing east as a precaution (2,4)
4 Fuse “clean” fossil fuel, and see distortion: “carbon captured!” (8)
9 Sir, I act subversively—like Jonathan Swift (7)
11 Football formation, slanted and complex (7)
12 Smoother malefactor concealing a type of renewable energy (7)
13 Liberal leader withdraws from all-out struggle (7)
14 Bird left boat (4)
15 For instance, soap and shampoo and oil discovered in Trieste? Maybe (10)
18 LA personal: “eccentric with source of clean energy” (5,5)
21 Pen surrounding a lodge (4)
22 Doctor seated around no one with no seat (7)
24 Mysterious nuclear meltdown (7)
27 Orchestra violinists full of Italian food (7)
28 Stories of feet? (7)
29 Swapping heads, find warm source of clean energy (4,4)
30 France has expressions of displeasure (6)
DOWN
1 Encrusted Baroque stein (5)
2 Church hater clad in tatters (9)
3 Go away, short stuff! (5)
5 Capitol is dysfunctional—it’s a kind of illusion (7)
6 Insect’s weird tonal hum (4,4)
7 What you’re trying to do, primarily: send love all about (5)
8 Dense plastic encircles large arch without limits (9)
10 Compartment with old musical instrument (5)
14 Blemishes rising underneath endure as fatal danger for a camel? (4,5)
16 Well-informed engineer: “Think about energy immediately” (2,3,4)
17 Frantic effort to hide notice of quid pro quo (5-3)
19 Saint abandons loftier workshop (7)
20 Identical, as in a Chicago train (5)
23 Religious reformer decapitated a chipmunk (5)
25 Invest one grand in automobile for Havana, perhaps (5)
26 Republican employs deceptive practices (5)
ACROSS 1 2 defs. 9 “faro” 10 2 defs.
11 ARM + STRONG 12 “beaut” 13 2 defs. 15 anag. 17 anag. 18 anag. 21 NAF + TA (rev.) 22 anag. 25 TO(URIS)T
26 anag. 27 2 defs. (it green anag.)
DOWN 1 RE + PEALS 2 C + HASM (hams anag.) 3 anag. 4 SC + HMO
5 IR(RIGA)TES (rites anag.) 6 NOT A + BEN E. 7 hidden 8 TUR[n]KEYS
14 2 defs. 15 anag. 16 S(TEAL)ING
17 rev. hidden 19 P(A)RO + LEE
20 AL(UM)NI (nail anag.) 23 H. [f]ONDA 25 hidden
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