Blimey this was a tough one. That, plus most of the week spent at a conference means this week’s posting is a little late.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ETAPE – E + TAPE. |
| 5 | ADREADS – A + D + READS. |
| 11 | XEROX – REX< + OX. |
| 12 | HEIMWEH – HE + I’M + W + HE<. |
| 13 | PRASE – P + RASE. |
| 15 | TEMENE – MEN in TEE. |
| 16 | MUENSTER – [m]EN in MUSTER. |
| 17 | LOIRET – IRE in LOT. |
| 19 | SINOLOGIST – (NO LOG IS) in SIT. |
| 22 | CALCEDONIO – (CO + CO + LEAD IN)*. |
| 28 | NOTING – NOT[h]ING. |
| 29 | BARRETTE – Elizabeth BARRETT Browning + E. |
| 30 | ABEIGHS – A + B[oat] + EIGH[t]. |
| 31 | HOLST – SM in HOLT. |
| 32 | MACLEOD – (CAME + OLD)*. I’m not sure which old spy’s real name this is, perhaps Banda MacLeod. |
| 33 | SPLAY – ‘S + PLAY. |
| 34 | ALTERNE – ‘T in (A LERNE). |
| 35 | TYIYN – Y “repeatedly seen amongst” TIN. |
| Down | |
| 1 | EXPULSE – EX PULSE. |
| 2 | TERROIR – I in TERROR. |
| 3 | ARABIN – RABI in AN. |
| 4 | POST ROAD – POST + (A in ROD). |
| 6 | DETERGENTS – DETER + GENTS. |
| 7 | RIENZI – RIEN + ZI[p]. |
| 8 | AWETO – A + WET + O[range[. |
| 9 | DENES – DEN[i]ES. |
| 10 | SHERD – S + HERD. |
| 14 | AUTOCHTHON – CH in AUTO-THON. Here, AUTO-THON is a nice nonsense back-formation from AUTO (religious drama) and e.g. teleTHON. |
| 18 | ISOTROPY – I + SOT + ROPY. |
| 20 | LINDSAY – LIN + D + SAY. |
| 21 | LOGHTYN – LOG + HT + Y + N. |
| 23 | LIEGER – I in LEGER. |
| 24 | NIELLI – (IE + L + L) in Ni. |
| 25 | OBAMA – AM in OBA. |
| 26 | CABAL – CAB + AL[l]. |
| 27 | ERECT – E + RECT. |
Implausibly enough, Mata Hari’s real name was Mrs MacLeod, following a marriage to a Scottish sailor.