32across is highly original
Across
1 Plunder old equipment, seizing pot stick SWAGGER CANE
SWAG plunder CAN (pot) in GERE (old equipment)
11 Crude denunciation in use no longer INURBANE
BAN denunciation in INURE (use – obsolete)
12 Star’s energy infecting everyone ALGOL
GO energy in ALL everyone
14 One follows gambling game from early morning EOAN
E O gambling game AN one
15 Killer giving amusement to Frenchman in hospital SLAUGHTERMAN
LAUGHTER (amusemen) M (Monsieur) in SAN (hospital)
16 Open war breaking out, suppressed by a French Prince UNWRAP
UN (a in French) (WAR)* P (prince)
19 Lectured, dispensing with justice, inspired with dread AWED
JAWED (lectured) minus J (justice)
20 Spanish legal expert, chauvinist, one who translated into French ALFAQUI
ALF (Garnett – chauvinist) A (one) QUI (who in French)
22 Turn over a workroom rug to find cash in Africa TAMBALA (Malawi)
23 African people spurning new wraparound garment TOGA TO[n]GA
25 Material recalling nothing and everything MUSLIN
NIL (nothing) SUM (everything)<
26 What could make importer need servant off the boat? REDEMPTIONER
(IMPORTER NEED)*
29 Successful one getting return of money IN IT I (one) TIN< (money)
30 Neuter in intent, a mix of male and female ANIMA
N (neuter) in AIM (intent) A
31 Vessels split by line from Edinburgh surgeon’s scissors CATLINGS
LING (line – Scottish) in CATS (catamarans)
32 Monsterous growth (?), excellent thing, left in public fountain CHEESE PLANT (Swiss monstera deliciosa) deliberate misspelling of monstrous
CHEESE (excellent thing) L (left) in PANT (public fountain)
Down
2 West Indian wave no longer bearing ill wind WILLIWAW
ILL in WI (West Indian) WAW (wave no longer)
3 Marine plant covering range in latitude? On the contrary ALGA
L (latitude) in AGA (range)
4 Insect crushed by mallet GROUND BEETLE
GROUND (crushed) BEETLE (mallet)
5 Rivet then buckled, with one slipping from bar ENTHRAL
(THEN)* RAIL (bar) minus I (one)
6 Front of car’s spared from covering corrosion RUST [c]RUST (covering)
7 Wandering wild bear’s sound ABERRATIONAL
(BEAR)* RATIONAL (sound)
8 On reflection, I’m ready to embrace a girl NAOMI A in IM ON< (ready)
9 Raving mad, crazy, about small place in set arrangement VENN DIAGRAM
10 Indian side is affected with bacteria around start of match BASMATI RICE
M[atch] in (IS BACTERIA)*
13 Vigorous exercising, endless strain to contain force PEPFUL
PE (exercising) F (force) in PUL[l] (strain)
17 Spell “weight” without much skill WHAMMY W (weight) HAMMY (clumsy)
18 Exemplary soldier in bad odour over lover FUGLEMAN
FUG (bad odour) LEMAN (lover)
21 Store room for Californian theatre? LASTAGE Los Angeles stage
24 Girl taking Henry after correction and improvement? EDITH
EDIT (correct and improve) H (Henry)
27 Power working on section’s connecting part PONS
P (power) ON (working) S (section)
28 A leg up needed for palm NIPA A PIN< (leg up)
( )* = anagram) [ ] = omit < = reverse definitions in bold italics
To show my dedication to Beelzebub, Sunday morning my paper delivery was short the magazine section and my local shop had no copies of the paper at all. Sunday afternoon, I walked into the town centre and had to try four shops before I found one which still had any copies of the paper. (And, of course, I had to buy another whole paper just to get the magazine.)
After all that, I found this puzzle a bit harder than usual – it took me a while to get started and it was late on Sunday night that I finished it. Failed to spot the misspelling in 32ac!
Just couldn’t parse 31ac, so thanks for that.