Annotated solutions for Prize 29,051
* Bob Marley and the Wailers (Peter Tosh & Bunny Wailer) released their album Catch a Fire in April 1973 (many references and allusions are included in the clues and solutions)
Across
1 tamarisk (River) TAMAR/I(sland)/S(toc)K
5 decade DE<C{A(nswer}D>E [Kiki Dee]
9 woodsman WOOD’S + (nor)MAN
10 avocet OCTAVE (anag)
12 re-examine RE + MAXINE,(peak)E (anag)
14 deva slAVE-Driver (hidden rev)
16 earnest double def
19 protest P(e)TER TOS(h) (anag)
21 Tupi IT UP (anag) [people of the Amazon valley]
24 onset ON + SET
25 aggregate G(i)A(n)T in REGGAE (anag)
27,13 twelve score TWELVE (midnight) + (raver)S/CORE
28 alphabet ALP/H(ospital) + ABET
29 disuse D(etective)I(inspector)S + USE
30 educator U (posh) in RECOAT (anag)
Down
1 thwart T(hat)/T(rain) round H(ard)/WAR
2 mooner NO MORE (anag)
3 Rasta A(merica) in STAR (anag)
4 stamina M(ile) in ANITA (harri)S (anag)
6 eavesdrop (l)EAVES DROP
7 anchored A/N(ew)/CHORE/D(egree)
8 entreaty E(xeter) + N<TREAT>Y
11 jeté concrETE Jungle (hidden rev)
15 electives (s)ELECTIVE(S) [S = society]
17 sprouted SPROUT + (s)E(e)D(s)
18 dossiers DOSS<I(ndia)>ERS
20 tear T<E(nergy)>AR
21 toggled T(ee) + DOGLEG (anag)
22 rabbit (waile)R + IT.BAB(y) (anag)
23 heater (c)HEATER
26 ethicETH(n)IC