A pretty tough week for Beelzebub, I found, taking me several sessions over the course of the week to complete.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | WATER BOATMAN – (BOA in MATTER*) in WAN. |
| 9 | HOUMMOS – (O in HUM) + MO + S[ession]. |
| 10 | POSH – PO + SH. |
| 12 | INTERNMENT – (TERN + MEN) in IT. |
| 14 | REINDEER – [seaso]N in REEDIER<. |
| 15 | EPRIS – [ste]EP RIS[ks]. |
| 17 | CHUCKED – dd. |
| 19 | SHADY – SHA[n]DY. |
| 20 | HEXAD – X in HEAD. |
| 22 | TEREFAH – (AFTER HE)*. |
| 25 | JAINA – JAI[l] + N/A. |
| 27 | PEEPHOLE – HOPE* in PELE. |
| 28 | PILGARLICK – (RAG + LIP)< + LICK. |
| 29 | LOOM – dd. |
| 30 | ESSENCE – [l]ESSEN + CE. |
| 31 | INTRANSIGENT – (RING AS)* in INTENT. |
| Down | |
| 1 | WHITECHAPEL – WHIT + (CHAP in EEL). |
| 2 | TUTOR – TUT + OR. |
| 3 | EMETICAL – (MEAT [s]LICE)*. |
| 4 | BONESET – BONES + E.T. |
| 5 | OSMIC – O.S. + MIC[e]. |
| 6 | AMENDS – . |
| 7 | MOTET – MO + TET. |
| 8 | ASCENDANT – AS + (END in CANT). |
| 11 | HURLY-HACKET – H in (LUCKY + HEART)*. |
| 13 | EPHEMERON – E + (HEM in PERON). |
| 16 | SHEARLEG – [cla]SH[ing] + EARL + E.G. |
| 18 | DECLASS – (CD SALES)*. |
| 21 | DAHLIA – (AIL HAD)<. |
| 23 | DEPOT – DEPO[r]T. |
| 24 | HOGEN – HO + GEN. |
| 26 | IMINE – I + MINE. |