Another quite tough week, I found. I had barely half the grid filled before reaching for Chambers. That helped with confirming 16, 24 and 28 and things started to fall in quite smoothly from there on.
*=anagram, []=dropped, <=reversed.
Across | |
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1 | IMPINGE – PIN in IMAGE. |
7 | REPP – [u]PPER<. |
10 | DIAERESES – (RES in SEE<) + AID. |
11 | TROT – T + ROT. |
12 | BOILERY – OILER in BY. |
13 | ASTRONOMIC – (CATS IN ROOM)*. |
14 | SIERRA NEVADA – ((I + ERR) in SANE) + V A[n]D A. |
15 | CLASPS – P in CLASS. |
21 | POPPET – POP + PET. |
22 | PARALIPOMENA – POM in (PAR + ALIEN + A). |
24 | TRAGACANTH – (C + ANT) in (HAG + ART)<. |
26 | RESIDER – RE + S[p]IDER. |
27 | ROUE – 0 in RU. |
28 | CARBINEER – NIB< in CAREER. |
29 | HEME – HEM + [pal]E[tte]. |
30 | BLASTED – LAST in BED. |
Down | |
1 | IOTA – IO + TA. |
2 | MARSILEACEAE – (CALM AREA I SEE)*. |
3 | PROTEAN – ROTE in PAN. |
4 | NIDOR – (ROD + IN)<. |
5 | GABNASH – BAN* in GASH. |
6 | PRIMERO – RIME in PRO. |
7 | RELIVE – RELI[e]VE. |
8 | PERADVENTURE – (DARE< + VENT) in PURE. |
9 | PSYWAR – WAYS* in PR. |
16 | PALADIN – LAD in PAIN. |
17 | APPAREL – ([popula]R + [vot]E) in APPAL. |
18 | OPEN OUT – OP + (U in TONE<). |
19 | EPARCH – [brasseri]E + PARCH. |
20 | CARIBE – IB in CARE. |
23 | OCREA – [hav]OC REA[ssuring]. |
25 | HEAD – HE + AD. |