Cracking stuff
Across
1 Italian author dull, penning one declaration appreciating the environment
ECOLOGICALLY ECO (Umberto) I (one) CALL (declaration) in LOGY (dull)
10 Votes against introducing new day in the month NONES
N (new) in NOES (votes against)
11 Chambers completely done over in third letter CELLAE
ALL< (completely over) in CEE (third letter)
12/28 Priest slammed dull sin, turned up with lines on bad break: urge to do one’s best PULL DEVIL PULL BAKER
P (priest) (DULL)* EVIL (sin) UP< LL (lines) (BREAK)*
13 Holbein’s red, surrounded by variety of ice blue EROTIC
ROT (German for red) in (ICE)*
14 Chopper and hammer removing first tree SAXAUL
SAX (chopper) [m]AUL (hammer)
16 Drill soldiers showing GI’s exactitude RIGOR (American spelling)
RIG (drill) OR (other ranks)
18 Tropical bird family to increase, with importation of 100 KING-CROW
KIN (family) C (100) in GROW (increase)
19 Family emblem too much for Dante and a blow for Shakespeare MONTANTO
MON (family emblem) TANTO (Italian for too much)
25 Fifth attempt to kill young pig SHOTE SHOT E (5th attempt)
26 Soldiers leading high officer northward? Get back RECOUP
RE (soldiers) CO (Commanding Officer) UP (northward)
27 Tweet recalled without fault by children CHERUP
CH (children) PURE< (without fault)
29 Keeps pounding Mac’s mouth with a hook HAMOUS
MOU (Scottish mouth) in HAS (keeps)
30 Periphery of Inverness adopted by rival Scottish site VISIE
I[nvernes]S in VIE (rival)
31 Defensive toad struggling with terrapin ANTI-PREDATOR
(TOAD TERRAPIN)*
Down
1 Seaweeds harpooner met at sea ENTEROMORPHA (HARPOONER MET)*
2 Shell company won increase (no end to hostilities) COWRIE
CO (company) W (won) RISE (increase) minus [hostilitie]S
3 Like a virus mostly in suspension, mostly powerful inside ONCOGENIC
COGEN[t] (powerful mostly) in ON IC[e] (in suspension mostly)
4 Continued to move fast, ejecting a particle LEPTON
LEAPT ON (continued to move fast) minus A
5 Drink up, eating half of toast, swallowing greedily GULCHING
CHIN [chin] (toast – half) in GLUG< (drink up)
6 Feature of balanced arboretum CEDAR &lit hidden in [balan[CED AR[boretum]
7 Smart guy clutching Times, one unswayed by text ALEXIC
X (times) I (one) in ALEC (smart guy)
8 Endless desire surrounding excellent Oedipal figure LAIUS
AI (excellent) in LUS[t] (desire)
9 Energy and phosphorus contained in more sensational fruit YELLOW PEPPER
PEP (energy) P (phosphorus) in YELLOWER (more sensational)
15 Kantian philosopher is entering airport on a trip APRIORIST
IS in (AIRPORT)*
17 Take kit off? Luke can’t, being clumsy UNTACKLE (LUKE CANT)*
20 Ancient tombs admitting leaders of long obsolete ideologies THOLOI
THO (admitting) L[ong] O[bsolete] I[deologies]
21 Islamic law: woman’s raised exposure SHERIA
SHE (woman’s) AIR< (exposure raised)
22 Sexy male getting cry of triumph from film company STUDIO
STUD (sexy male) IO (cry of triumph)
23 Welshman: that is, Lord declining leadership IEUAN
IE (that is) JUAN (Lord – Chinese dynasty) minus first letter
24 Most of Bury apparently to freshen one’s memory? RUB UP BUR[y]< (UP)
( )* = anagram [ ] = omit < = reverse definitions in bold italics
I was out most of Sunday and suddenly realised last night I hadn’t finished this. I made the effort and thought I’d finished it but I now see I’d missed out the first letter of 14ac.