*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
A jolly good week for me, and I think I’ve managed to explain everything though I had lots to learn as always.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CARBONADO – NOB< “inside” (CAR + ADO). |
| 10 | LEERY – (YR EEL)<. |
| 12 | MERINO – MERI + NO. A meri or mere is a Maori war club. |
| 13 | IMPLICIT – IMP + LICIT. |
| 14 | UPRATE – U + PRATE. |
| 15 | DONE – hom. of “dun”. |
| 16 | GAUDY-NIGHT – GT “clothing” (GUY HAD IN)*. A splendid term, meaning a feast night. |
| 18 | GERMAN – GERM + AN. This is german with a small “g”, meaning “full” and used to describe a brother or cousin. |
| 20 | OSTEAL – O + STEAL. |
| 23 | PARASCENIA – P + A + CANARIES*. |
| 24 | FOOD – dd. A Spenser spelling of “feud”. |
| 25 | TWISTY – WIT* + STY. |
| 26 | INSECURE – INURE “keeping” SEC. |
| 27 | CASTOR – CAST + OR. |
| 28 | GOODS – GO + O[l]D[e]S[t]. |
| 29 | CLEARANCE – (CLAN + CE) “receiving” EAR. |
| Down | |
| 1 | CLOUGH – COUGH “about” L. |
| 2 | RECRUIT – TIER< “covering” CRU. |
| 3 | BROADS – ORB< + ADS. |
| 4 | NOMENCLATURE – NO + (MATURE “involving” ENCL). No is a traditional Japanese drama style. |
| 5 | AMPHIGASTRIA – (STIGMA + PARIAH)*. |
| 6 | DELUGED – LUG in DEED. |
| 7 | PICOT – PIT “filled by” CO. |
| 8 | UNINHABITED – (BEHIND A UNIT)*. |
| 9 | POTEEN – PO TEEN. |
| 11 | EXPANSIONAL – (LAX ONE IS)* “eating” PAN. |
| 17 | CARACOL – AC “into” CAROL. A dressage term, I believe. |
| 19 | MONSOON – M[essage] + ON + SOON. |
| 20 | OFFICE – OFF ICE. |
| 21 | LEIPOA – LEI + POA. |
| 22 | CAYUSE – CAY + USE. |
| 23 | POSSE – S (entropy) “in” POSE. |