Lovely stuff from Beelzebub once again, though a very challenging week compared to the last two, I found. As is becoming traditional, just the one bit of help needed from readers, at 25 across.
*=anagram, []=dropped, <=reversed.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 4 | SEHNSUCHT – (HUNT CHESS)*. My Chambers app has no knowledge of this one, but a German friend confirmed this to be a word meaning “longing” or “pining”. |
| 11 | CLEANER – C[ompany] + LEANER. |
| 12 | DOAB – ‘D + O + A + B, the last three all being blood groups, of course. |
| 13 | REVELATIONAL – ELATION in LAVER<. |
| 14 | AMAH – A MA[s]H. |
| 17 | TIL OIL – OI in TILL. |
| 18 | AROINT – [c]AR + INTO*. |
| 20 | CRINOIDEA – (RIN[d] in CO) + IDEA. |
| 21 | HODMANDOD – HODMAN + DOD. A type of snail, hence “slow mover”. I suspect I’m not the only one to try to work DON in here. |
| 24 | ENABLE – [t]ENABLE. |
| 25 | GUIROS – Viol is interrupted bu run on percussion instruments. |
| 27 | EAST – S in EAT, and a lovely surface. |
| 29 | TRIAL BALANCE – (BA in AL[l]) in TRANCE. |
| 30 | NEON – NO EN[d]<. |
| 31 | ISIACAL – I + CALAIS*. The adjective meaning pertaining to Isis. |
| 32 | MENTAL SET – ME + TALENTS*. |
| Down | |
| 1 | SCRATCHED – (RAT in CC) in SHED. |
| 2 | CLEM – C (the constant referring to the speed of light) + LEM. |
| 3 | REVALIDATION – (VIOLATED IRAN)*. |
| 5 | EN L’AIR – EN[d] + LAIR. |
| 6 | HEADLINER – (HE’D + EN L’AIR)*. Clever, I nearly thought I’d be asking for help with this too. |
| 7 | SBIRRO – BIRR in SO. |
| 8 | UDON – U + DON. |
| 9 | CONSIDERANCE – DANCERSISE*. |
| 10 | HAAFNET – (A BEF*) in HAT. “Hat”, it transpires, is an Australian term for “to work alone”. |
| 15 | HAND GLASS – H AND G + LASS. Nicely done, H and G make up Hg, of course, being the symbol for mercury. |
| 16 | ST. AUSTELL – US in (STATE + L + L). |
| 19 | HONORÉE – ORE in (H + ONE). |
| 22 | ALALIA – A L + A L + I + A. |
| 23 | OUTLIE – OUTLI[n]E. |
| 26 | RANT – [g]RANT. |
| 28 | SCAM – SCAM[p]. |
OK, 25ac, needed only a slight bit of digging in Chambers. GU is an alternative spelling of gue, which apparently is a viol played in Shetland, so it’s R(un) O(n) inside GU IS. And a guiro is a percussion instrument.