A rare occasion where I can explain every clue, I think. Not to suggest that this was easy, rather it was classic Beelzebub, I thought.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
Across | |
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1 | WATERMANSHIP – (PAIR WHEN MAST)*. |
9 | ENTREE – EN + TREE. |
10 | RECALL – REC + ALL. |
11 | DOUSER – DO + USER. |
13 | TEETH – [passiona]TE ETH[os]. |
14 | HIT OUT – HI + TOUT. |
15 | BELLETRIST – (SIR + TELL)< in BET. |
16 | ENAMOUR – (N/A in EMO) + UR. |
21 | MILEAGE – MI + LEAG[u]E. |
23 | BARLEYCORN – (LORRY CAN BE)*. |
24 | ONEYRE – ON + EYRE. |
26 | PICOT – PI + COT. |
27 | FOSSAE – OSSA in Fe. |
28 | NECKED – N.E.C. + KED. |
29 | HIPPIC – HIP + PIC. |
30 | DILETTANTISH – (I + LETT + ANT) in DISH. |
Down | |
1 | WEATHERBOUND – (EAT HERB) in WOUND. |
2 | ANDEAN – + N + DEAN. |
3 | EROTEMA – (MORE TEA)*. |
4 | MESCLUM – (E[a]S[y] C[o]L[d]) in MUM. |
5 | NERITE – ENTIRE*. |
6 | SCAT – dd. |
7 | ILL-USE – I + L + L[o]USE. |
8 | PLATTDEUTSCH – (DUST ETC)* in Sylvia PLATH. |
11 | DEBARRED – B in (DEAR RED). |
12 | VOIDANCE – DAN in VOICE. |
17 | RICKSHA – KS in (RICH + A). |
18 | PERIAPT – PERI + APT. |
19 | SANSEI – (SANS E) + I. |
20 | PERFET – (F + E) in PERT. |
22 | GNOSIS – SONG< + IS. |
25 | YOKE – O.K. in YE. |