A slightly late posting, on account of a fascinating day’s cricket. I can’t quite make the wordplay for 26ac work, if anyone fancies clearing it up for me.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SALPICON – PIC in SALON. |
| 6 | ALES – [s]ALES. |
| 10 | ABORAL – A BORA + L[uff]. |
| 11 | TISICK – IT< + SICK. |
| 13 | ARSONIST – (SON IS) “absorbed by” ART. |
| 15 | APPRECIATOR – (OPERATIC RAP)*. |
| 16 | DISHY – DI’S HY. |
| 18 | HECTOSTERE – TE in (THE SCORE)*. |
| 19 | APOTHEOSES – A POT + (E in HOSES). |
| 23 | ARSIS – ARS[e] + IS. |
| 24 | BENCHERSHIP – (PINCHES HERE)*. |
| 26 | ISOMORPH – SOM[e] “accepted by”…I’m not sure. Wordplay is “…rather curtailed, accepted by one student”. |
| 27 | SPILTH – LIPS< + TH[e]. |
| 28 | ORMOLU – ROOM* + (U + L)<. |
| 29 | HYLA – [mars]HY LA[kes]. |
| 30 | SIMMERED – S[h]IMMERED. |
| Down | |
| 1 | SAAG – SAG “having swallowed” A. |
| 2 | ABRAID – RA “engaging in” A BID. |
| 3 | PROPHETICAL – HE “coming in” (PROP + TICAL). |
| 4 | CLIENTELES – SELECT* “to suppress” LIEN. |
| 5 | NITID – DITIN[g]<. |
| 7 | LISTLESS – cd. + def. |
| 8 | ECHOER – E + CHO[pp]ER. |
| 9 | SKIRRETS – ERR< in SKITS. |
| 12 | STARTER HOME – MOTHER* in STARE. |
| 14 | SCHOOLROOM – SCHOOL + MOOR<. |
| 16 | DRABBISH – RABBIS in (D + H). |
| 17 | SHOE NAIL – (ONE HAS)* + IL[l]. |
| 20 | PREPPY – PEPPY “accepting” R. |
| 21 | FIPPLE – PP in FILE. |
| 22 | WHITS – W + HITS. |
| 25 | THUD – THU + D. |
26A – It looks like MOR(e) inside I(one) SOPH(student). Without seeing the full clue I’m guessing it may use “more” = “rather”.
Yeah, that sounds about right, thanks. I’d got hung up on SOM[e] and couldn’t see past that. The full clue was juts that wordplay plus the def. “Similar thing…”.