A good and fairly tough puzzle this week. Plenty of insertions and less abbreviations than usual, I thought, which is not a complaint.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SUBTERRANEAN – tubes* + (RAN in REAN). |
| 8 | ELANET – ELAN + E.T. |
| 11 | CTENE – [proje]CT EN[ergy]. |
| 12 | FILBERT – (TREBL[e] + IF)<. |
| 14 | MORTAR – ORT in MAR. |
| 15 | PIROUETTED – ROUÉ in PITTED. |
| 16 | HOPLITE – LIT in HOPE. |
| 18 | GISM – G + ISM. |
| 19 | APSE – [l]APSE. |
| 20 | TWEEDLE – WEED in T[a]LE. |
| 22 | ANTHERSMUT – (TRUTH MEANS)*. |
| 24 | TAKING – KIN in TAG. |
| 27 | INSTEAD – (DANTE IS)*. |
| 28 | CURIA – Cu + AIR<. |
| 29 | REPAID – REP + AID. |
| 30 | HARDSCRABBLE – (RD in ASH*) + C + RABBLE. |
| Down | |
| 1 | SYCOPHANTISH – (ON ICY PATHS)* + SH. |
| 2 | BLET – L in BET. |
| 3 | TANGO – TAN + GO. |
| 4 | REFLET – REF + LET. |
| 5 | ALLOTERY – OTTER in ALLY. |
| 6 | EVET – EVE[n]T. |
| 7 | NITROMETHANE – NIT + ROME + THANE. |
| 8 | ETHIOPIANS – (HI in (E + TOP)) + I + ANS. |
| 9 | ABREGE – AB + RE + GE. |
| 10 | TRANSLUCID – (RUSTIC LAND)*. |
| 13 | QUIETNESS – (I + TENSE*) in SUQ<. |
| 17 | LENITY – (I in LENT) + Y. |
| 21 | WELDER – W + ELDER. |
| 23 | SQUAB – S + QUA + B. |
| 25 | KSAR – (R + ASK)<. |
| 26 | CRIB – dd. |