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Cryptic - Spooky Scary Skeletons

◆◆ · By quatrevingtneuf · Published 2022-10-29T22:17:02.215Z

Meta Prompt
A fair amount of theme material in this one, but 4D is the main clue to help you uncover the meta answer.
Happy Halloween!
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    1D
    Lady with a poem about many people (7)
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    Across
    1. 9A
      Ready to sing with this guy alongside… what? Led Zeppelin? (2 3 4)
    2. 10A
      Pitch a remedy that involves a vaccine first (5)
    3. 11A
      Past performance is on the money (5)
    4. 12A
      An assemblage of dimes sent for deposits (9)
    5. 13A
      Burn the midnight oil and rest in Albany with Spooner (4 2 4)
    6. 14A
      Material for pot is not even in Calgary (4)
    7. 16A
      Crying while you are blue (5)
    8. 18A
      Punish a religious leader doing drugs? (5)
    9. 23A
      Sway to the music (4)
    10. 24A
      Undressed rural friends get dirty at a car wash, perhaps (10)
    11. 27A
      Bother a biotech executive’s first roommate (9)
    12. 28A
      Talk at length about a place in Africa (5)
    13. 29A
      Minute to sneak in to see N’Sync (5)
    14. 30A
      Like some lotions, copper is involved in reef’s destruction (5-4)
    Down
    1. 1D
      Lady with a poem about many people (7)
    2. 2D
      Most rat attacks uncover what appear four times in this grid (6)
    3. 3D
      Waited attentively for upgrade to update: still took time after agreement (4 5)
    4. 4D
      Hole in a bone doesn’t resolve problems left out by a hint to this puzzle’s meta answer (7)
    5. 5D
      Typically, doesn’t cooking involve temperature? (5 2)
    6. 6D
      Troublemaker ending up at parties (5)
    7. 7D
      One to demand respect by getting a higher position during endless party (8)
    8. 8D
      Cattle with casual clothes (7)
    9. 15D
      Honourable, unbarred fight in 2D (8-1)
    10. 17D
      Starts to zip up coat idly around bottom of face, but a squash results (8)
    11. 19D
      Broke up married couples from the outskirts of Rattlesnake Creek taking up residence (7)
    12. 20D
      Quotes I butchered, certainly (5 2)
    13. 21D
      Sticks to spots around this location (7)
    14. 22D
      Image maker or artist goes for a high rating (7)
    15. 25D
      Ascent produced from entrepreneur: a business! (6)
    16. 26D
      Mostly, one that provides care close to a girl, internally! (2-3)
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