Of the last two weeks’ Beelzebub puzzles, I think I got lucky, having struggled to get anywhere with 1,102, and having raced through this one unaided.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | FASHERY – (AS + HE) in FRY. |
| 7 | OTTO – OTT + 0. |
| 11 | ILLITERATE – ILL + I + (RAT in TEE). |
| 12 | GEOTECHNIC – TEC in ECHOING*. |
| 13 | STIR – T in SIR. |
| 14 | SKETCH – SK + ETCH. |
| 15 | TROUBLE – TR + [d]OUBLE. |
| 18 | GRADUALIST – (LAUD + A)< in GRIST. |
| 19 | BELGRAVIAN – (VILE RAG)* in BAN. |
| 23 | VERMEIL – ([privat]E + RM) in VEIL. |
| 24 | MERITS – TIRE< in MS. |
| 26 | BINE – BIN +E. |
| 27 | PRECORDIAL – (RECORD + I) in PAL. |
| 28 | PONTONNIER – (NONE ON TRIP)*. |
| 29 | RATU – [jee]R AT U[npopular]. |
| 30 | TRAGEDY – AGED in TRY. |
| Down | |
| 1 | FIRSTA – FIRST + A. |
| 2 | ALSTROEMERIA – (STALE AIR MORE)*. |
| 3 | HIERURGY – ER in (HI + URG[e] + Y). |
| 4 | ETON – E TO N. Very clever, a sequence of ten letters in alpahbetical order. |
| 5 | RETOLD – RET + OLD. |
| 6 | BACKHAIR – ([wor]K in BACH) + AIR. |
| 8 | TENTH – TENT + H. |
| 9 | THICK-SKINNED – (HICKS + KIN) in DENT<. |
| 10 | ORCHAT – OR + CHAT. |
| 16 | BARITONE – BAR + IT + ONE. |
| 17 | SLAM-BANG – LAMB in SANG. |
| 19 | BUMPER – BUM + PER. |
| 20 | VENDOR – V + DRONE*. |
| 21 | BLEARY – LEAR in BY. |
| 22 | CREPT – (RE + P) in CT. |
| 25 | VINA – VI + N[e]A[t]. |