Beelzebub 1,219 – Fifteensquared

Whilst I’d hesitate to ever use the word “easy” about a Beelzebub puzzle, this one certainly seemed to reside at the more tractable end of the spectrum. I managed to finish unaided in a single session, which is a first, though there were one or two leaps of faith that required checking in Chambers later.

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.

Across
2	PYROLYSIS – (YR in POLY) + SIS.
10	ARCO – RE + CO.
12	RUN OFF – NO in RUFF. Nothing to do with the pontiff: a “ruff” is a fish, another name for which is “pope”.
13	DUFF – dd.
15	GLEEFUL – (FEEL in LUG)<.
17	UMPIRE – UMP + IRE. I’m not sure which *UMP word means “justice”, but I’m sure there’s one there somewhere.
19	STAGE MANAGER – (A NAME)< in STAGGER.
20	VITUPERATIVE – V + I + TU + [o]PERATIVE.
23	ACCESS – C in (ACE + SS.
25	CLEARED – C + LEADER*.
27	TURN – T + URN.
28	AILETTE – [g]ILET in ATE.
29	ODIOUS – OD + IO + US.
30	LOAN – hom. of “lone”.
31	DISTEMPER – DIS + TEMPER.

Down
1	RADIUS VECTOR – (ADI[e]US + V) in RECTOR.
2	PRISM – PR + ISM.
3	ROUT – dd.
4	OBSTREPOROUS – (BOOSTER SUPER)*.
5	LIEGEMEN – LIE + GEM + EN.
6	SUPERNACULUM – (UP + UNCLEAR*) in SUM.
7	INDEX – [f]IND EX[ploration].
8	EFFUSE – F in [r]EFUSE.
9	EFFLORESCENT – (FEEL FOR)* + SCENT.
14	SPATHE – SPAT + HE.
16	FOGIES – GI in FOES.
18	PARADISE – IS in PARADE.
21	ILLUDE – DULL< in IE.
22	HANOI – HAN + OI.
24	SITAR – I in STAR.
26	HELP – L in HEP.

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