A bumper number of clues to tackle this week, but I seemed to make very swift progress. An all-but-unaided finish in the end, just pulling out the Big Red Book to check entries for 9dn and 26dn before committing to them. An enjoyable solve as always.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SNEEZES – N in (SEE + ZES[t]). |
| 6 | CTENE – C + TENE. |
| 10 | TODO – D in TOO. |
| 11 | SPARROW – SPAR + ROW |
| 12 | ONE-ONE – O + NEON + E. |
| 14 | ANATOMIES – NATO in AMIES. |
| 15 | GLACIATE – G + (ICE AT AL[l])*. |
| 17 | AUFGABE – Au + (GAB in Fe). |
| 20 | LLANO – ALL< + NO. |
| 21 | PSHAW – SH in PAW. |
| 23 | ADROITE – A DROITE, French for “on the right”. |
| 25 | UNLOOSEN – (SOLE NOUN)*. |
| 27 | REPOSSESS – POSSES in RES. |
| 28 | VICARY – (I + C) in VARY. |
| 29 | FIFTEEN – (I + F + TE[am]) in FEN. |
| 30 | REAM – [mo]RE AM[erican]. |
| 31 | FIFER – (REF + IF)<. |
| 32 | ENDORSE – END “ORSE”. The word “horse” does indeed end with “orse”! Nice entertaining clue. |
| Down | |
| 1 | STOPGAPS – (TOP + G) in SAPS. |
| 2 | NONPLUSSED – (ON + PL) in (SEND US)*. |
| 3 | EDEMA – [infl]AMED E[ars]<. |
| 4 | ZINNIA – Z + IN (I in NA). One of several flowers that I first learned of via The Darling Buds of May! |
| 5 | SPATTED – ATT in SPED. |
| 6 | CANOE – (A N in CO) + [battl]E. |
| 7 | TREMOLO – REM in TO LO. |
| 8 | EROICA – ROI in ACE<. |
| 9 | EWKS – (E and W) + K + S. |
| 13 | NEON TETRAS – (N SEA ROTTEN)*. |
| 16 | CO-ENZYME – [fr]ENZY in COME. |
| 18 | GAVOTTE – OTT in GAVE. |
| 19 | BANSHEE – BANS + HEE[d]. |
| 22 | HOP-OFF – H + OP + OF + F. |
| 24 | ROSIED – SIE in ROD. |
| 25 | USHER – [p]USHER. |
| 26 | SPAER – REAPS<. |
| 27 | RIFF – RIFF[raff]. |