Cryptic Crossword 1-11

Theme: All thematic clues include a synonym for rage

Across Clues:

1 Pocket most of the balance after providing return

Fiscal, Pocket (def), most of (delete last letter of) scale (balance), after (position), if (providing), return (reversal of) if

4 Not very hard drug, capturing the rage in rock

Astonish, Not (deletion of) HH (very hard), Hashish (drug), capturing (container), ton (rage), rock (def)

9 Watchtower of Babel raided periodically

Aerie, Watchtower (def), periodically (select alternate letters in) bAbEl RaIdEd

10 Awfully burnt, a rage in baguette?

Solitaire, So (awfully), lit (burnt), a (a), ire (rage), baguette (def)

11 Dr. J in XXX movie featuring Indian sign

Jinx, Featuring (hidden), Indian sign (def), rest is fodder

12 Boss backing the cuts?

Yaws, Sway (boss), backing (reversal), cuts (def)

13 Man with a large, crooked thumb

Fella, Man (def), L (large), crooked (anagram of) L + leaf (thumb)

15 Synchronize to bring about late lunchtime

Coexist, Synchronize (def), cost (bring as in to have a price of), about (container), ex (late), i (lunchtime)

16 Comic ace for example

Card, DD as in comic and Ace for example (a card in a deck of cards)

19 Flyer displaying natural talent during internship

Tern, Flyer (def), displaying (hidden), rest is fodder

20 Rehearse play at theater with me, Henry didn’t show up.

Iterate, Rehearse (def), play (anagram of) theater + I (me) - H (Henry didn’t show up)

23 Down and dirty contemporary politician?

Ad-lib, Down and dirty (def), AD (contemporary), Lib (politician)

24 Most beautiful Victorian?

Prim, Most (deletion of last letter in) prime (beautiful), Victorian (def)

25 ...Consequently, some of the solar power goes waste for lack of battery capacity

Ergo, Consequently (def), some (hidden), rest is fodder

27 Chance of art regression (not specifically) added to the initial public rage

Transpire, Chance (def), regression (reversal of) art, ns (not specifically), added (juxtaposition), p (initial public), ire (rage)

28 Cock or fish?

Angle, DD as in cock (as in tilt) and as in act of fishing (to fish)

29 Blow up, consumed with rage, flipping after journalist showed up

Detonate, Blow up (def), ate (consumed), ton (rage), flipping (reverse the order), after (position), ED (journalist), showed up (reversal)

30 Dump the French and southern chics?

Styles, Sty (dump), le (the in French), S (southern), chics (def)

Down Clues:

1 Money following rage in pancake

Flapjack, Jack (money in slang), following (position), flap (rage), pancake (def)

2 Outsider’s hand in road rage?

Stranger, Outsider (def), r (hand), in (insertion), St (road), anger (rage)

3 Help provided over Microsoft support site, backup and restore working again.

Abet, Help (def), provided (hidden), over (reverse scan), rest is fodder

5 Solid offer displaying altruism?

Self-sacrifice, Solid (Self as in consisting of single color), sacrifice (offer), altruism (def)

6 Fix red roof that is broken?

Out of order, Implicit meta clue, red roof (target), broken (def), one way to get red roof is anagram (out) of “of order”

7 Bicycle in Lisbon delivering bat and cold turkey

Icicle, Bicicleta (Bicycle in Portuguese), delivering (deletion of) bat, cold turkey (def)

8 First, Harry effectively ended his act without laughter

Hee-haw, First (acrostic indicator), laughter (def)

10 Inception of organized trainspotting

Starting point, Inception (def), organized (anagram of) trainspotting

14 Swim or dive e.g., in a drowned valley fall, where the river meets the sea

River basin, Verb (swim or dive e.g., are examples of verbs), in (insertion in), ria (drowned valley), sin (fall), where the river meets the sea (def)

17 Epic rage over Rabbi found with a girl?

Madrigal, Epic (def), mad (rage), over (juxtaposition), R (Rabbi), i (a), gal (girl)

18 Changes stemming from revolutions embodying pointless rage

Remodels, Changes (def), reels (revolutions), embodying (container), pointless (deletion of point i.e., E) from mode (rage)

21 Decisive journalist prevailed

Lasted, Last (decisive), Ed (journalist), prevailed (def)

22 Flexible line in factory

Pliant, Flexible (def), i (line), in (insertion), plant (factory)

26 Speaker’s attack rebuffing a sailor

Salt, Speaker’s (homophone of) assault (attack), a-salt is homophone of assault, rebuffing (deleting) a, sailor (def)