Beelzebub 1,061 (20/06/10)

A tough week, I think. I haven’t been able to pull together all the elements in the wordplay for 11ac just yet.

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.

Across
1	DESPOILMENT – (SP + OIL) in DEMENT.
10	EXEAT – EX EAT.
11	PESARO – Rossini’s birthplace – potential source of operas?.
12	NEARED – EAR in NED.
13	TRIGON – TRIG + ON.
15	CALAGINOUS – (OIL CAUSING)*.
16	OPALS – PAL in OS.
18	MORTLAKE – MORT + LAKE.
19	HELPMEET – H + (E[ncountered] in TEMPLE<).
25	BEHAN – BE + HAN[d]. Brendan Behan is the playwright in question.
26	RANITIDINE – (I in RANT) + I DINE.
27	MYOSIN – O in MY SIN.
28	INCEST – C in 1 NEST.
29	ITSELF – [h]ITS + ELF.
30	RENÉE – [se]RENE E[cstasy].
31	VERBIGERATE – (RETRIEVE BAG)*.

Down
2	EXEMPT – EX + EMPT[y].
3	SEA CAT – CA in SEAT.
4	PARALIPSIS – (PARIS + PAILS)*.
5	INDIGOES – DIG in (I + NOES).
6	MERIT – (R + I) in MET.
7	NAGOYA – (YOGA in AN)<.
8	TROUT – TR + OUT.
9	CONSTERNATE – STERN in (CO + NATE[s]).
10	ENDOTHERMIC – END OTHER MIC[e].
14	INFLUENCER – IN FLUE + CERN*.
17	TRENDING – TR + ENDING.
20	LANOSE – AN in LOSE.
21	SHEENA – EN in SHEA.
22	BASSET – BAs + SET.
23	PAY TV – Y in (PAT + V).
24	STILB – B. Lits<.

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