Some rare gems are revealed in the answers of this week’s puzzle
( )* = anagram [ ] = omitted < = reversed
Across
1 It’s mostly separate, and also known as Propithecus
SIFAKA SIF [t] AKA
6 Illustrator’s purpose mostly encompassing another one
SENDAK END in SAK[e]
11 Stubborn creature, tailless, bearing parasites and mosquitoes
CULICES LICE in CUS[s]
12 Lecherous figure mostly producing strain locally
SILEN SILE[n]
13 Actor, I fancy, engaged in using the mouth in a speaking style
ORATORICALLY (ACTOR I)* in ORALLY
16 The old learn about a subatomic article
KAON A in KON
17 Tip of rocket unusably repositioned on the earth
SUBLUNARY (R UNUSABLY)*
19 Inclines to retain urine, being divergent
SLANTWAYS WAY in SLANTS (way = urine?)
20 Region of Europe and Asia in which lutetium is found
ANDALUSIA AND A (LU) SIA
22 Drug being repeatedly left untested
POTENTIAL ENTIA plural of ENS = being repeatedly?
23 Bringing this small thing will do for the morning
ATOM ???
26 Oil? Botanist worried about onset of regular reproductive process
STROBILATION (OIL BOTANIST R)*
27 Sinister male abandoning the hard stuff
EERY E[m]ERY
28 Sound of inebriation, after swallowing booze back – having this effect?
HEPATIC TAPE< in HIC
29 Forest-trees: apparently unexciting displays
DRYADS
30 Some widely thought-of pretty Welsh girl
DELYTH wi(dely th)ought
Down
1 Film director deleting repeated element in chase
SCORSE [se]
2 One has use from history and by legal right
IURE
3 Ferry toll bad, adversely affected truck
FLATBED LORRY (FERRY TOLL BAD)*
4 Polynesian demigod: it’s clothed in gold
AITU IT in AU
5 They may be flying near to USA
AERONAUTS (NEAR TO USA)*
7 Going out with Earl’s son, going steady, we hear
ESCORTING E S “courting”
8 I’d twisted two muscles (I landed on yard) showing capacity to swell
DILATABILITY ID< LAT AB I LIT Y
9 Join in marriage keeping on with my adopted name
ALLONYM ON in ALLY M
10 Time to shun crucial home economist
KEYNES[t]
14 Mostly explicit hint of rough sex, describing heavenly body
FULL-ORBED FULL O[n] R BED
15 Worker accepting old seat, presented in January
HANSELLED SELLE in HAND hansel is an inaugural gift given on first Monday after New Years Day
18 Craftsperson who could produce trinket?
KNITTER (TRINKET)*
20 Humbled and mortified after giving up heroine
ABASED ABAS[h]ED
21 English not about to grasp old logical process
ELENCH E [c]LENCH
24 Millions avoiding loud rock music and other things
ET AL [m]ETAL
25 Girl’s avoiding local hassle (wool contamination)
MOIT MOIT[her]
Just a couple to note
If you bring A TO M you get am or morning, and SLANTWAYS is LANT in SWAYS
Thanks, Jed. This was a tough week, I found, and without the pressure of blogging, it has taken me until now to finish it off. I certainly needed your explanations for a few!