ACROSS
 1. <pawn> CAT'S-PAW = C_ A_ T_ S_ P_ A_ W_
 5. CA + SHIER = CASHIER <shopworker>
 9. <leave> SCRAM = S CRAM
10. <stretches> LENGTHENS = L + ENG THE _N _S
11. <come out> EMERGE = _E_ + MERGE
12. VINY outside ILL A = VILLAINY <crime>
15. IS O LATIN G = ISOLATING <alienating>
16. <compare> LIKEN = "LICHEN"
18. S_I_E_ N_A_ = SIENA <Tuscan city>
20. <partygoer> BON VIVANT = B ON VIVE + N T
22. <devices> GADGETRY = G TRAGEDY*
23. <more undersized> PUNIER = UNRIPE*
25. <get involved> INTERVENE = IN T_E NEVER*
27. <drawing> IMAGE = (.t)I MAGE(n.)
28. DECRY P_ T_ = DECRYPT <crack>
29. D_Y NASTY = DYNASTY <regime>

DOWN
 1. <make-up> COSMETICS = CO ←SC_ ITEMS←
 2. <missile> TORPEDO = DEPOT* outside OR
 3. "POM A GRANITE" = POMEGRANATE <fruit>
 4. <use heat to bond metal> WELD <yellow dye>
 5. <depending> CONTINGENT = ON TIN GENT after C
 6. <settled> SAT = (S A T) {south amp ton}
 7. (.t)ICER IN K(a.) = ICE RINK <sports facility>
 8. [-t]RUSTY = RUSTY <out of practice>
13. <tiny> LILLIPUTIAN = LIL TULIP* + I _AN_
14. DIS + BARMEN T_ = DISBARMENT <ejection>
17. <bad reputation> NOTORIETY = IE T_ inside (NO TORY)
19. <photographic> EIDETIC = E ID ←CITE←
21. (MANILA'S)* = ANIMALS <fauna>
22. <group of artisans> GUILD = "GILLED"
24. <bullets> LEAD <spearhead>
26. <beam> RAY = _R _A + _Y