A very tough one this week, I found, with lots of new vocabulary. Blogging without Chambers in front of me, I suspect I may have wrongly hyphenated a couple here.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | THREE-LEAFED – (REEL in THE) + FED. |
| 11 | ILLAQUEATE – (E + A) in (ALL QUIET)*. |
| 12 | ILLY – [s]ILLY. |
| 13 | GRUEL – GRUE + [mi]L[k]. |
| 15 | SOLONIAN – SOLO + (I in NAN). |
| 17 | CALL-BIRD – BILL* in CARD. |
| 19 | SHOOT – SHOO + T. |
| 20 | TREILLE – ILL in TREE. |
| 22 | TRENISE – INERT< + S[erenad]E. |
| 23 | TREYS – [da]Y in TRES. |
| 24 | RATE-CAPS – RAT + SPACE<. |
| 28 | COEDITOR – (OED + IT) in COR. |
| 29 | TEIAN – (I in TEA) + N. |
| 30 | SHOE – sort of reverse cryptic. (SHOE + R)* is HORSE. |
| 31 | URTICATION – (OUR TITANIC)*. |
| 32 | SURMISTRESS – (TR in SURMISES) + S[chool]. |
| Down | |
| 2 | HOLOPHRASE – POLO< in (HAS HER)*. |
| 3 | RILLE – [g]RILLE. |
| 4 | ELENCTIC – L[awyer] in (E’EN + CT + I + C). |
| 5 | LARIATS – LA + STAIR<. |
| 6 | EQUAL – EQU[in]AL. |
| 7 | FERNBIRD – (R in FEN) + DRIB<. |
| 8 | EAUS – E + A + US. |
| 9 | WELL-DESIRED – D in (WILL SEE RED)*. |
| 10 | PISISTRATUS – SATIRIST* in PUS[h]. |
| 14 | EARLY DOORS – (ROAD SORELY)*. |
| 16 | LONE PAIR – (ONE + P[roton]) in LAIR. |
| 18 | LET’S DO IT – (SOD TITLE)*. |
| 21 | REPENTS – PENT in RES. |
| 25 | AO DAI – ODA in A1. |
| 26 | ETHNE – N in ETHE. |
| 27 | AITU – IT in Au. |
Hi Simon, my email is down so I don’t know if you got my reply but the swap’s on for Thursday. Flashling
Hi, yes I got it – many thanks for stepping in, I appreciate it.