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Quite a tough week, with lots of good vocabulary to discover. Perhaps a grid we haven’t seen before, as I don’t remember ever blogging a Beelzebub with quite so many across clues.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 2 | BENEPLACITO – (NOTABLE EPIC)*. |
| 9 | NAYS – Y in NAS. |
| 10 | EIDOLON – (I DO + L) in ONE*. |
| 11 | CRECY – EC in CRY. |
| 12 | GAMBOL – MB in GAOL. |
| 13 | OTTO – OTT + O[live]. |
| 14 | SCANTITY – ANT in (S + CITY). |
| 15 | BIOME – BIO + ME. |
| 18 | CIEL – CIE + L. |
| 19 | ELAPSE – (A P) in ELSE. |
| 21 | LAYOUT – YOU in LAT. |
| 22 | SAAG – S[timulate] A[n] A[verage] G[arden]. |
| 25 | MITCH – M + ITCH. |
| 26 | SOUL’S-CAT – [funera]L in (SOUS + CAT). |
| 27 | SECT – C in SET. |
| 28 | IGUANA – from GUIANA, with the I moved to the front, thus “foremost”. |
| 29 | RESET – E in REST. |
| 30 | VIDUITY – DV< + U[n]ITY. |
| 31 | ACRE – R in ACE. |
| 32 | ESURIENCIES – (SEINE CRUISE)*. |
| Down | |
| 1 | INCONCLUSIVE – CON in INCLUSIVE. |
| 2 | BARTSIA – BART’S + A1<. |
| 3 | EYE-TO-EYE – T.O. in (EYE + EYE). |
| 4 | ERYSIMUM – MISERY* + UM. |
| 5 | LIGAMENTARY – (GERMAN + ITALY)*. |
| 6 | COMTE – M in COTE. Auguste Comte, I think. |
| 7 | TOOTH – TOOT + H. |
| 8 | ONLY-BEGOTTEN – (GENTLE BOY NOT)*. |
| 10 | EXCORTICATE – C in (A TOXIC TREE)*. |
| 16 | ELECTRIC – ELECT + RIC[e]. |
| 17 | OPALESCE – PLACES* in (O + E). |
| 20 | SAUCERS – S + (U in ACE) + Royal Society. |
| 23 | YOGIS – YO + GIS. |
| 24 | GLAUR – L in GAUR. |