Solutions

ACROSS
1 Cardinal.
CA(R+D)IN+AL
5 Pop art.
P(OP)ART
9 Retainer.
RETAIN+ER
10 Hector.
(two meanings)
12 Electrode.
ELECT+ROD+E
13 Scree.
S(C+R)EE
14 Acme.
AC+ME
16 Examine.
EX(AMIN)E
19 Adamant.
ADA+M+ANT
21 Shed.
SHE+D
24 Exile.
EX+ILE (Eli rev.)
25 Anchorage.
(anag.)
27 Edison.
EDIS+O+N (dies anag.)
28 Debonair.
DEB+O+N+AIR
29 Target.
T+ARGET (great anag.)
30 Reverend.
REVERE(N)D


DOWN
1 Career.
C+ARE+ER (re rev.)
2 Rotter.
R+OTTER
3 Idiot.
I(DI+O)T
4 Anemone.
ANEM+ON+E (name anag.)
6 Overstate.
OVER+STATE
7 Asteroid.
(straight cryptic)
8 Turgenev.
TURGEN+E+V (urgent anag.)
11 Mere.
(hidden)
15 Chaperone.
(anag.)
17 Safe seat.
(straight cryptic)
18 Familiar.
(two meanings)
20 Team.
TEA+M
21 Secrete.
S+E+CRETE
22 Facade.
F+A+CADE
23 See red.
SEE+RED
26 Ozone.
O+ZONE