A good week, I think. This took me several sessions, but I was determined not to cheat. Everything was ultimately solvable, though 1ac was unfamiliar enough to require some undirected Chambers-browsing on my part.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | TROU-DE-LOUP – (OLD ROUTE)* + UP. |
| 10 | ROUT – dd. |
| 11 | UNGAIN – [r]UNG + IN. |
| 12 | OPEN-ARMED – (PEN in OAR) + MED. |
| 13 | BESTOWAL – BEST + (A in OWL). |
| 15 | ESKERS – ESK + [d]E[b]R[i]S. |
| 16 | BARDO – BAR + DO. |
| 17 | HISTRIONISM – (IN HIT OR MISS)*. |
| 19 | PERSPECTIVE – (P in PERSE) + [a]CTIVE. |
| 22 | ENTIA – (AIT + NE)<. |
| 24 | DROOLS – DR + SOLO*. |
| 26 | METAPLOT – MET A PLOT. |
| 28 | PALSGRAVE – SLAP< + GRAVE. |
| 29 | LITTLE – L in LITTE[r]. |
| 30 | BUSK – dd. |
| 31 | MATELLASSE – (TELL + AS) in SEAM*. |
| Down | |
| 1 | TRIBESPEOPLE – (RIB in (POET + ESP))* + L + E. |
| 2 | ROBER – SOBER with its ends swapped. |
| 3 | OUTSKIRTS – SKI in (RUT SO)*. |
| 4 | DEPORT – R in DEPOT. |
| 5 | ENEW – E + NEW. |
| 6 | LUNATIC – (I + TA)< in LUNC[h]. |
| 7 | UGRIAN – (G + AIR<) in UN. |
| 8 | WIELDS – I in WELDS. |
| 9 | AND NO MISTAKE – (N in DOMAIN*) + STAKE. |
| 14 | FRIVOLOUS – (IV in FOR*) + LOUS[e]. |
| 18 | REFEREE – RE + (ER in FEE). |
| 20 | ENTAIL – TA in LINE<. |
| 21 | SIESTA – [fanta]SIES TA[inted]. |
| 22 | TRAVEL – T + RAVEL. |
| 25 | LOESS – 0 in LESS. |
| 27 | TALL – [s]TALL. |