This seemed a tough week for me, reaching for the dictionary with about two entries written in. I think it was just the vocabulary that did for me, as the clueing seems clear and there’s nothing that didn’t make sense in the end.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | LAPSTRAKES – PARTS* in LAKES. |
| 11 | KNOP – KN + OP. |
| 12 | RETIRACY – RITE< in RACY. |
| 13 | COWAN – COW + AN. |
| 14 | ADULTS – ULT in ADS. |
| 15 | HITCHING POST – (ITCHING + P) in HOST. |
| 16 | ONE-ERS – NE’ER in OS. |
| 19 | ATHEISES – (THE + IS) in SEA<. |
| 20 | NEW AGERS – NÉ + WAGERS. |
| 24 | OTELLO – O + TELL + O. |
| 25 | CRASSAMENTUM – CRASS + AMENTUM. |
| 27 | YAKUTS – YAK + U[sing] T[rue] S[iberian]. |
| 28 | LECCY – CC in LEY. |
| 29 | THALAMIC – A LAM in THIC[k]. |
| 30 | SHIM – H in SIM. |
| 31 | SEVEN-A-SIDE – S + EVEN + (‘S in AIDE). |
| Down | |
| 2 | ANOINTED – I in (ANON + TED). |
| 3 | POWTER – T[axes] in POWER. |
| 4 | SPACE CAPSULE – PACE in (PLACES US)* &lit. |
| 5 | REGISTER – GIST in RE[ad]ER. |
| 6 | KIDGIE – KID + GIE. |
| 7 | ERUPTIVENESS – (UPSET IN VERSE)*. |
| 8 | SALON – AL[l] in SON. |
| 9 | ACTS – [f]ACTS. |
| 10 | CYSTOSTOMY – (SOT MOST)* in (C + [surger]Y + [surger]Y). |
| 13 | CHOANOCYTE – (TOO CHANCY)* + [jailhous]E. |
| 17 | THROMBIN – M in (THROB + I + N). |
| 18 | PELLUCID – PELL + [m]UCID. |
| 21 | GUSTAV – GUST + A[djust] + V. |
| 22 | ELTCHI – (T + CH) in ELI. |
| 23 | KAKAS – KAK[i] + AS. |
| 26 | RAHU – [corne]R A HU[nted]. |