An over-long pause between solving and blogging means that little of the solving experience remains in my memory. However, everything seems very clear and explicable.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | MIC – MIC[e]. |
| 5 | GARDYLOO – GAR + D[irt]Y + LOO. |
| 11 | ON HEAT – N in (OH + EAT). |
| 12 | AQUINO – from QUINOA, with the A “pushed to [the] fore”. |
| 13 | ODEUMS – [wi]DE in SUMO*. |
| 14 | BEG OFF – BE + GOFF, the latter being an archaic spelling of “golf”. |
| 15 | NEW CALEDONIA – a reverse anagram, as “OCEAN LAD I” could be clued as such. |
| 17 | USERS – US[h]ERS. |
| 19 | ASTERIAS – (AT SEA SIR)*. |
| 22 | ZAIBATSU – BATS in (U + I + AZ)<. |
| 25 | FLUON – FLU + ON. |
| 27 | LONGITUDINAL – (UNTIL LOADING)*. |
| 28 | PINERO – (IN + E) in PRO. |
| 29 | SEAPIG – (AP + I) in SEG. |
| 30 | URINAL – I in URNAL. |
| 31 | SENILE – SEN[s]ILE. |
| 32 | SEASHELL – A SHE in SELL. |
| 33 | NYE – N + YE. |
| Down | |
| 1 | MOONCALF – MO + ON CAL[l] + F. |
| 2 | INDEWS – I + (D in NEWS). |
| 3 | CHEWET – CHE[f] + WET. |
| 4 | LEUCAEMOGENS – L in (GENOME CAUSE)*. |
| 5 | GAMAY – A in GAMY. |
| 6 | RABELAIS – I in (SALE + BAR). “Bar” is apparently a Scots word meaning a funny incident or story. |
| 7 | YUGOSLAVIANS – (SAVOY MOSTLY S)*. |
| 8 | LIONEL – (I + ONE) in LL (“lines”). |
| 9 | ON FIRE – (N in OF) + IRE. |
| 10 | OOF – FOO[t], as in “foot the bill”. |
| 16 | DIASTOLE – ISOLATED*. |
| 18 | SQUILGEE – S + QUIL[l] + GEE. |
| 20 | GLOIRE – G + (I in LORE). |
| 21 | BUNNIA – NUB< + (I in NA. |
| 23 | TENPIN – TE[st] + NP + IN. |
| 24 | SNAILY – AIL in SNY. |
| 26 | ADEEL – from ADELE, with the L or “left” moved to the end, thus “later”. |
| 28 | PUS – PUS[h]. “Push” meaning “company” was new to me, but it’s right there in Chambers. |