As always Beelzebub provides variety with clarity.
*=anag <=reversed ( )=dropped
ACROSS
1 SEPTET PTE in SET
5 SLUICE SLU(b) +ICE
10 ASPERSIONS AS + I in PERSONS
12 GULCHING CHIN(a) in GLUG<
13 DIAMOND-HITCH I AM ON DH in DITCH
14 ICTIC I(he)CTIC
16 SHENT drunk’s SENT
17 MUTTONY MUTT + (t)ONY
19 HIRUDIN HI + RUD + IN
20 LORNA LORN + A
24 ORBIT OR + BIT
25 DISASSOCIATE SO + CIA in DISASTE(r)
26 REEQUIPS REE + QUIPS
27 GUIDE RAILS RAISEDLUGI*
28 COYOTE COY + (n)OTE
29 SILAGE IL(k) in SAGE
DOWN
1 SAUDIS UDI in SAS
2 P-PLATERS LATER in PPS
3 TERMINUS A QUO ARUMQUESTION*
4 TSUNAMI S(urfing) in IM A NUT<
5 SILDS ILD in SS
6 LOCHS CH in LOS
7 UNHISTORICAL CHARIOTINUSL*
8 CONCINNITY CONC + INN + IT + (da)Y
9 EIGHTY (w)EIGHTY
11 PICHICIEGO PI + CHIC + IE + GO
15 SORBARIA SORB + ARIA
18 UNCOPES UNCO + PES(t)
19 HYDRIC DRY* in HIC
21 AT EASE A TEASE
22 G-SUIT US< in TIG<
23 ASIDE A-SIDE
Got quite a lot of this but the PP start to 2dn despite thinking of PPS led alas to my giving up. Should this have been indicated as 2 (?) words. At least I seem to be getting better at these without aids anyway.
As with Azed, hyphenated words are treated as single, so P-PLATERS is (8). The idea of a word starting PP was a nice trick, I felt.
Thanks, Jed and welcome aboard! It’s about time there was some variety among Beelzebub bloggers 🙂
I must admit that the PP___ caught me out. I assumed I’d gone wrong somewhere until I remembered that hyphens aren’t indicated.