Apologies for a delayed post again. The usual top quality puzzle, with the bonus of several good long anagrams this week. I think I found this one of average difficulty, but made life harder for myself by writing in SERENE at 21dn without fully understanding why.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ARAISE – (RAI in AS) in E[njoy]. |
| 5 | RUSSIA – ISSU[e] in RA. |
| 9 | CARNIFEX – ((N + IF) in CARIFE) + X. |
| 12 | CHAMFER – M in CHAFER. |
| 13 | OLBERS – B in LOSER*. The astronomer is Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers. |
| 14 | PARRY – PAR + RY. |
| 15 | MOUSE-BUTTOCK – (USE + BUT + TO) in MOCK. Probably a larger cut of meat than it sounds! |
| 17 | PISTOLET – STOLE in PIT. |
| 20 | TRAIPSES – (RISE PAST)*. |
| 22 | CONGLOMERATE – (L in CONGO) + (ER in MATE). |
| 23 | SPEAK – S in PEAK. |
| 24 | ADONAI – (DO in ANA) + I. |
| 26 | WISTITI – (TWIT IS + I[mitate])*. |
| 27 | SENTINEL – SEN + TINE + L. |
| 28 | GRADUS – G + RAD[i]US. |
| 29 | DENUDE – (U + D) in DENE. |
| Down | |
| 1 | ACCOMPT – (CO + MP) in ACT. |
| 2 | ARAB – A + BAR<. |
| 3 | INVESTIGATED – (N in Charles IVES) + (GAT in TIED). |
| 4 | SITREP – PRIEST*. |
| 5 | REHOUSE – HE< in ROUSE. |
| 6 | SOMATOTROPIN – (A PORTION MOST)*. |
| 7 | SAFROLE – SAF[e] + ROLE. |
| 8 | AIRY -[h]AIRY . |
| 10 | ALLOTROPIC – TROOP* in ALLIC[e]. |
| 11 | PERCENTAGE – (CAN GET PEER)*. |
| 16 | VANESSA – VANES + SA. |
| 18 | ISOETES – (ET + E) in I SOS. |
| 19 | TREILLE – ILL in TREE. |
| 21 | SEDATE – TAD< in SEE. |
| 23 | SWIG – dd. |
| 25 | NON-U – UN[i]ON<. |