A mixed week for me. I proudly managed all but a handful quite quickly without opening a dictionary, stumbled on a couple more, then failed on 4dn having inexplicably written in HORNPIPE at 4ac. More care is clearly needed in future.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | OLEO – O + LEO. |
| 4 | CORNPIPE – from HORNPIPE, with a “change of character”. |
| 10 | DEGREE DAYS – (A GREED) in DEY’S. |
| 12 | ADMIRALS – (SLAM RAID)*. |
| 13 | MIMESIS – M + (ME in (IS + IS)). |
| 14 | RAVE – [b]RAVE. |
| 15 | ESAU – [arrogat]ES AU[thority]. |
| 17 | KHMER – K + H[o]MER. |
| 21 | DERRIERE – ERR in (DIE + RE). |
| 22 | RUISDAEL – RESIDUAL*. |
| 23 | YRAPT – YR + APT. |
| 25 | ALBI – AL[i]BI. |
| 26 | ASMA – [syri]A’S MA[inly]. |
| 28 | WERWOLF – W + FLOWER*. |
| 30 | DISSUADE – D + (DA< in ISSUE) . |
| 31 | GINGER BEER – GIN + GERBE + ER. |
| 32 | STRATOSE – O in (STARTS< + E[ggs]). |
| 33 | BRIM – BR + I’M. |
| Down | |
| 1 | ODOMETRY – 0 + DO + MET + RY. |
| 2 | EGOMANIA – (ME AGAIN + 0)*. |
| 3 | ORFE – F[ish] in ORE. |
| 4 | CEASE – C + EASE. |
| 5 | OEDIPEAN – (ONE PA DIE)*. |
| 6 | NAIF – A in FIN<. |
| 7 | PYRRHIC – (YR + R + H) in PIC. |
| 8 | PULVERABLE – ((VERA + B[oy]) in PULL) + E. |
| 9 | ELSE – [nov]ELS E[vidently]. |
| 11 | DISCURSIST – (R in DISCUS IS) + T. |
| 16 | PRECEDES – REC in PEDES. |
| 18 | MELLOWER – ELL in MOWER. |
| 19 | RENIFORM – INFORMER*. |
| 20 | ASPASIA – PAS in ASIA. |
| 24 | FRERE – R in FREE. |
| 26 | ADDS – A DDS. |
| 27 | DUNT – dd. |
| 29 | WEBB – B in WEBB. Sidney Webb. |
Simon
Thanks for the blog. I really enjoyed this one. Nearly fell for hornpipe too, but some strange force made me hold back. 🙂