1 S(CREW,T)OPPED
11 CA,ECA – rev(ace). Blind pouch indeed and CA=Scots drive (call)
12 CAR,NOSE – fleshy — and a slightly humorous description of a large nose I suppose.
13 AMB(E)RY – ambry is a dresser
15 CHIV[alry] – shiv=knife
16 F(O)ULEST – fulest is Scot drunk I suppose
17 TSOTSI – S. Afr. thug. rev(is, tost=tossed=flung)
19 RYEROLL – “a dark treacly cookie”. Comp. anag. (wise up, RYEROLL)* = (yellower, sirup)
21 SIPHONAPTERAN – siphonaptera is the the flea order of insects – (hopper an ant is)*
23 SEXED UP – EX in dupe’s*
27 CHADOR – hidden
29 P(O)U,ROUT – Scots wedding treat. O in rev(up) and rout=root=grub
30 ROAD=”rowed”
31 PL(I)ANT
32 O,R(GANU)M – organon (“method of investigation”). (a gun)* in RM = Royal Marine = jolly
33 G(YNA)E – abbrev(gynaecology). rev(eg=say in any)
34 P(REST)RESSED – strengthened but “not reinforced” and rest=reserve fund.
Down
1 S(CAFF)S – caff=cafe and scaff=scarf
2 CAMOGIE – hurling for women. (game I, CO)*
3 [we]RE,BUS[y] – ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_Inspector_John_Rebus. not totally sure about the wordplay though: “Detective – were we lost with one, missing Yard?”
4 WARES – hidden
5 THY(SAN)UROUS – san.=hospital in (hurts you)*. Thysanura = “order of small wingless insects”
6 PARTYPOOPER – this week’s competition word
7 PRYSE – R in espy*. “a horn-blast at the taking or killing of a deer”
8 ENC(OR)ES – or in scene*
9 [cr]ISIS – ref. The Isis which hosts punters from Oxford.
10 DEVIL – also a firework. rev(lived=spent)
14 S(TRAP)PY – has lots of thongs
18 C(HEDDA)R – ref. HEDDA Gabler.
20 LACU(NA)E – N/A in (a clue)*
22 NUT,TED – ref. (Brit) National Union of Teachers. And TED was a bad boy in the 50s.
23 S,C,ROD – young cod
24 DONNE – ref. John DONNE and Spenserian work at I suppose.
25 BUL(G)E – g in blue*. Kind of an &lit I suppose — assuming pre-partum depression?
26 KO,ANS – rev(OK)
28 H,OR,N – ref. horns of a dilemma. “limits [of] human” = H or N.
Thank you for the blog ilancaron.
In 3d, the ‘busy’ is slang for a detective, the self-referential ‘one’ in the clue.
Thanks Ilan. I think 16ac is FOU (scots drunk) + LEST (Spenserian “listen” = [at]tend)
Ref. 3dn, the full parsing is ‘WERE we lost = RE’ + BUS(y)(as sidey states above).
I actually managed to cobble up a clue this week, the first since several comps. ago.
Nick