A fairly tough week, I found. Completed this in several bouts over the course of the week, finally hitting the books in order to get the puzzle blogged today. I can’t quite see the wordplay for 7dn.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | C-SPRINGS – CSP + RINGS. |
| 6 | JENA – EN in JA. |
| 9 | EBRILLADES – ILL in (E + B + RIDES). |
| 10 | EARWAX – (A in ER) + WAX. |
| 12 | ACIDS – C in AIDS. |
| 14 | FACINOROUS – (0 + CAIN FOR US)*. |
| 16 | DIPLOMA – DIP + LOMA. |
| 17 | PERCALE – PERCA + LE. |
| 21 | ISOTOPE – I + (O in (STOP + E)). |
| 22 | NODATED – NO + DATED. |
| 24 | ECUADOREAN – (U + CE)< + ADORE + AN. |
| 26 | SELKY – ELK in (S + Y). |
| 27 | SMYRNA – (MY + RN) in SA. |
| 28 | TELEMETERS – LEM in TEETERS. |
| 29 | YEAR – YE + AR[e]. |
| 30 | ODORLESS – DO< + OR LESS. |
| Down | |
| 1 | CHEF – CH + EF[t]. |
| 2 | SEA ANEMONE – (SEE A NAME ON)*. |
| 3 | PERCH – PER + CH. The “a” wordplay for PER is always hard to spot. |
| 4 | IRANIAN – R in (IAN + IAN). |
| 5 | GLORIES – (R + I.E.) in GLOS[s]. |
| 6 | JACULATORY – J + A + Cu + L + A TORY. |
| 7 | EDISON – He invented end of match after reflection. |
| 8 | ASSUAGED – AS + (Ag in SUED). |
| 11 | WIT-CRACKER – (ITC + R) in WACKER. |
| 13 | DUMB PIANOS – M in (BONUS PAID). |
| 15 | EPINASTY – E.P. + I + NASTY. |
| 18 | LIE-ABED – A in (LIEBE + D). |
| 19 | MONOMER – NOM in MORE*. |
| 20 | ADELLA – DELL in AA. |
| 23 | VERSE – [a]VERSE. |
| 25 | NAOS – A in SON<. |
7d: He invented end of match after reflection (6) EDISON
Could it be the reversal of NO SIDE?
When once a match ends, there’s ‘no side’.
Maybe they go to their individual hotel rooms.
Re 30d ODORLESS
Isn’t there a specification that only UK spellings of words are used?
Or did the clue indicate that it’s the US spelling that is needed?
Simon, I didn’t solve this puz. I would be grateful for a clarification.
Hi Rishi, and well spotted.
I don’t have the exact clue in front of me just now, but there definitely was an indicator that the US spelling was required. I think it involved Obama somehow, but could be misremembering!
Re 7dn and further to Rishi @1:
“no-side the end of a game at Rugby football” Chambers (1998) p. 1098. Presumably there are similar definitions in other editions and other dictionaries, but that is the one I have to hand.