Judging by the mess I’ve made of the grid, I must have found this one pretty tough going. Having said that, on blogging there doesn’t appear to be anything particular troublesome in there.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CHANCELLOR – CHANCE + ROLL<. |
| 10 | POLEMARCH – POLE + MARCH. |
| 11 | ILEUM – (L in I.E.) + MU<. |
| 12 | PHARE – hom. of “fair”. |
| 13 | TIMES – M[agician] in TIES. |
| 15 | SPANISH TOPAZ – SPAN + (HIT SO)* + ZAP<. |
| 16 | ALMOST – (0 in ALMS) + T. |
| 18 | GAME – GAM + E. |
| 19 | GAIN – [a]GAIN. |
| 20 | SOUTAR – SOU + TAR, I think. |
| 22 | ANDOUILETTE – (DEAL IN OUTLET)*. |
| 24 | BRAKE – dd. |
| 26 | ETWEE – E.T. + WEE. |
| 27 | TERCE – [wai]TER CE[ased]. |
| 28 | SOMMELIER – LIE in (SOMME + R). |
| 29 | SPLENDIDLY – (PL + END + I.D.) in SLY. |
| Down | |
| 1 | CRISSA – ([b]R[a]I[n]S + S[cientist]) in CA. |
| 2 | HOLOPLANKTON – (LOP + LANK) in HOT ON. |
| 3 | ACETAMIDE – ACE + T + AMID + E. |
| 4 | COMMISURE – (MISSU[s] + R) in COME. |
| 5 | ELSE – [exp]EL SE[rpent]. |
| 6 | LEASHES – (ASH in LEES). |
| 7 | OAHU – OA[t]H + U. |
| 8 | ACROAMATICAL – (AMATI + CA) in LORCA<. |
| 9 | WHEEZE – WHEE + Z + E[ntertainer]. |
| 12 | PETIOLATED – PET + I + O + LATE + [stamping-groun]D. |
| 14 | SPATTERED – (AT PEST)* + RED. |
| 17 | TRIBBLE – RIB in T[a]BLE. |
| 19 | GANESH – G + A + NESH. |
| 21 | REMEDY – [ste]M in REEDY. |
| 23 | HEMP – HEM + P[eddler]. |
| 25 | REIN – RE + IN. |