A tough week, I found. I’m still a little 34ac with regard to explanations for 22ac.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | TASK – T AS K. Clever one, read this as T becomes K, and therefore “Bert” becomes “berk”. |
| 4 | FOOTMUFF – FOOT + MUFF. |
| 10 | ZONURIDAE – (U + RI in (A DOZEN)*. |
| 12 | IMAX – 1M + A X. |
| 13 | ITERATE – [l]ITERATE. |
| 14 | LINCH – L + INCH. |
| 16 | ENDS – [fri]ENDS. |
| 17 | TEL AVIV – VALET< + I + V. |
| 19 | MISPRINTING – M1 + SPRINTING. |
| 22 | COUNTERSEAL – COUNTER + SEAL? Not sure about this: Be more secure regarding fish chased by pinniped. |
| 23 | ALL-STAR – (L + ‘S) in ALTAR. |
| 25 | BUHL – (L + HUB)<. |
| 29 | SCREE – SCREE[d]. |
| 30 | IMPERIL – IMPERI[a]L. |
| 31 | SORI – SO + RI[d]. |
| 32 | ELEVENSES – (EVEN in ELSE) + S. I spent a fair bit of time trying to squeeze Fe in here. |
| 33 | REDARGUE – GREADE< in RUE. |
| 34 | HAZY – Z in HAY. |
| Down | |
| 1 | TRILEMMA – TRI[a]L + EMMA. |
| 2 | ADMINICLE – (I END CLAIM)*. |
| 3 | SO-AND-SO – (O in SANDS) + O. |
| 4 | FOGHORN – FOG + [s]HORN. |
| 5 | OUTGENERALS – (LONG AUSTERE)*. |
| 6 | TREY – TR[oll]EY. |
| 7 | MIRZA – Z in MIRA. |
| 8 | UDAL – U + LAD<. |
| 9 | FEEL – FEE + L. |
| 11 | NICTITATING – N + I + C + TIT + A + TIN + G[eneralise]. |
| 15 | GIGAHERTZ – A in hom. of “jig hurts”. |
| 18 | VELLEITY – (I in VELLET) + Y. |
| 20 | TRUSTEE – STE in TRUE. |
| 21 | NEUROMA – (OUR NAME)*. |
| 24 | SHEVA – SHE’VA[t]. |
| 26 | BIER – BI[tt]ER. |
| 27 | SPED – SPE[n]D. |
| 28 | BRER – B[o]RER. |