Back down to earth with a bump for me, after doing very well indeed the last couple of weeks. There’s a fair bit in here that I can’t explain, and even a bit of guesswork, I’m afraid.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
Across | |
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1 | TOWNSCAPING – not sure about this one: Work of urban designer being weak, panic’s developed in guild. I can see PANIC* in there, and maybe G for “guild”, but “being weak”? |
10 | EURATOM – RAT in MOUE<. |
11 | TAPS – dd. Apparently to a Girl Guide, “taps” is “a song sung at the end of a meeting or round a campfire”. |
12 | LLANOS – L + (N in LAOS). |
14 | LEVEE – (V + E) in LEE. |
16 | SERAC – RA in SEC. |
17 | SKY-TINCTURED – C in (KIT DYE TURNS)*. |
18 | CAPLET – CAP + LET. I made life difficult by writing in TABLET early on, thinking of TAB as in “keep tabs on”. |
22 | LECTOR – CT in (LEO + R). |
23 | PEDICELLARIA – ((ICE + [braw]L) in (PEDLAR + I)) + A. |
25 | LEARN – LEA + RN. |
27 | CORNU – (OR + [collectio]N) in Cu. |
28 | TOWSED – (WET SO)* + D. |
29 | AN MO – (O + MNA)<. |
30 | TONDINO – (N + DIN) in TOO. |
31 | PASTORALISM – ORAL in (PASTIS + M). |
Down | |
1 | TELESCOPICAL – (L in TEES) + (PIC in COAL). |
2 | OULAKAN – ([k]ULAK + [tavern]A) in ON. |
3 | NANA – Na + NA. |
4 | STORIED – EDITORS*. |
5 | COSENTIENT – C + ONES* + (I in TENT). |
6 | PALET – PAL + ET. |
7 | ITERUM – I + (U in TERM). |
8 | NAVARATRA – (ART + [c]ARAVAN)<. |
9 | PSEUDORANDOM – (SUPER MOOD AND)*. |
13 | OSCILLATOR – ILL in…I’m not sure. Swinger badly restricted by censor with rule after opening. |
15 | HYPODERMA – (RE + DOPY + H)< + MA. |
19 | BELLONA – another guess based on BELL + ON + A. Bellona was a Roman war goddess. I’m not quite sure how this makes her “vigorous” so I’m happy to be corrected here. |
20 | HOIDENS – DEN in (HO + IS). |
21 | PIANOS – PI + (O in ANS). |
24 | CRUST – C + RUST. |
26 | AWDL – [o]LD WA[y]<. |
1 Ac is W(eak) + PANIC’S* all in TONG (= guild).
13 Dn is ILL in CATO (= censor) + R(ule) after OS (= opening).
Re 19D, Chambers gives definition of BELLONA as ‘a woman of great spirit and vigour’