Across:
1. Throw out rope to catch small unknown hawk (6)
4. Father has one sore head inside city (4)
7. Elon’s virtual attempt to get weapons collection (8)
8. She madly hopes one will enter (6)
10. Deny destroying mail on record (8)
13. Youngster with broken leg has to dine outside (6)
14. He likes a good time at Rio stag debacle (7)
15. Serious heartless guy follows swimmer (6)
18. The rust destroyed cover (7)
19. Sister’s boy’s latest record initially heard inside (6)
20. Dork, lacking some energy, gets in boat going to place of ill-repute (4 3)
25. Meet journalist returning to battle (6)
26. AI senses rewrite to get simplicity (8)
27. Lie about team’s right to drink (6)
28. Sham doctor peers around after 9 (8)
29. Force gets to shelter with jubilation! (4)
30. Pineapple fruit topping is missing (6)
Down:
1. Preoccupy ex-scholars with English boat (6)
2. Back up eastern carbon-free bloc in native community (6)
3. Six-footer’s toupe has slipped to one side possibly? (6)
5. This cuts off riot – also chaos! (8)
6. Hero is sick and hurts all over! (8)
7. Poem on Manhattan’s top style (4)
9. Used to be temporary accommodation in reach (6)
11. Chief method to get to entrance (7)
12. First-form goes outside in error (7)
13. I have chosen essential things to hold back old people (7)
16. Nervous journalist has gone out and about (2 4)
17. Excellent gins upset religious fellows inside (8)
18. Tranquilliser is new vet’s idea (8)
21. Conflict about new beastly home! (6)
22. Right away bird was eaten! (6)
23. Going round home, looks at nets (6)
24. Understood raw sound (1 3)
Solution:
==OSPREY=PISA==
==B=U=A===S=C==
MUSKETRY=SOPHIE
O=E=B=W===L=I=X
DISCLAIM=EAGLET
E=S=ORGIAST=L=E
=====C=S=SOLEMN
O=S=SHUTTER=S=T
NEPHEW=A=N=====
E=I=DARKWEB=S=I
DEFRAY=EASINESS
G=F=T===R=T=I=E
ELIXIR=PRETENSE
==N=V===E=E=E==
==GLEE=ANANAS==
Name: Puzzle 451
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. O (S) PRE (anag = ROPE)(anagrind = Throw out) Y (= unknown)
4. P [I(= one) S(ore)] A (= Father)
7. MUSK (= Elon) E-TRY (= virtual attempt)
8. SOPH [I(= one)] E (anag = hopes)(anagrind = madly)
10. DISC (= record) LAIM (anag = MAIL)(anagrind = destroying)
13. EA [GLE (anag = LEG)(anagrind = broken)] T (= dine)
14. ORGIAST (anag = Rio stag)(anagrind - debacle)
15. SOLE (= swimmer) M(A)N (= heartless guy)
18. SHUTTER (anag = THE RUST)(anagrind = destroyed)
19. N [EP(= record) H(eard)] EW (= latest)
20. D [ARK(= boat)] WE(E)B (= Dork)
25. DE (= journalist reversed) FRAY (= battle)
26. EASINESS (anag = AI senses)(anagrind = rewrite)
27. ELI (anag = Lie)(anagrind = about) XI (= team) R
28. PRE [TEN (= after 9)] SE (anag = PEERS)(anagrind = doctor)
29. G (= Force) LEE (= shelter)
30. (b)ananas
Annos-Down:
1. OBS (= ex=scholars) E SS (= boat)
2. PU (= up reversed) E BLO(C)
3. (Double DEF)
5. ISOLATOR (anag RIOT ALSO)(anagrind = chaos)
6. ACH [ILL(= sick)] ES (= hurts)
7. M(anhattan) ODE (= poem)
9. EX (= used to be) TENT (= temporary accommodation)
11. ARCH (= chief) WAY (= method)
12. M [IST(= First)] AKE (= form)
13. Reverse telescopic
16. ON [ED(= journalist)] GE (anag = GONE)(anagrind = out)
17. S [PI(= religious) FF (= fellows) ING (anag GINS)(anagrind = upset)
18. SEDATIVE (anag = VET'S IDEA)(anagrind = new)
21. WAR (= conflict) RE (= about) N
22. BITTE(-R)N (= bird)
23. SE [IN(= home)] ES (= looks at)
24. I SEE (homophone icy = raw)
Defs-Across:
1. hawk
4. city
7. weapons collection
8. She
10. Deny
13. Youngster
14. He likes a good time
15. Serious
18. cover
25. Meet
26. simplicity
27. drink
28. Sham
29. jubilation
30. Pineapple
Defs-Down:
1. Preoccupy
2. native community
3. Six-footer
3. toupe has slipped to one side possibly
5. This cuts off
6. Hero
7. style
9. reach
11. entrance
12. error
13. old people
16. Nervous
17. Excellent
18. Tranquilliser
21. beastly home
22. eaten
23. nets
24. Understood