A rare uninterrupted single-session solve for me, though the amount of scribbles on my paper suggest it was no walkover. Chambers got a fair bit of use to finish off the last quarter or so.
The left side was last in for me, though convincing myself that 1 down was (SHARP KARATE)* didn’t help.
Another tardy post due to insufficient IT facilities, so apologies for that.
*=anagram, []=dropped, <=reversed. Hover to expand abbreviations.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 2 | HIBERNACULUM – (BRUIN ALE MUCH)*. |
| 11 | AULA – A[l]ULA. |
| 12 | SIGNORA – (A [w]RONG IS)<. |
| 13 | REEVE – [p]REEVE. |
| 14 | CANISTER – C + RETSINA<. |
| 16 | PETAR – PET + AR. |
| 17 | ARCHERESS – RE in (AR + CHESS). |
| 19 | REMIND – MI in REND. “Me” and “mi” being alternate spellings of the musical note. |
| 21 | SEESAW – SEE + SAW. |
| 23 | STRIP CLUB – S[ome] T[ypes] + RIP + CLUB. |
| 25 | TITER – [be]T IT ER[upts]. |
| 28 | ENERGISE – ER in SEEING*. |
| 29 | UPRUN – U + PRUN[e]. |
| 30 | ANTIOCH – ANTI + 0 + CH. |
| 31 | KITE – [s]KITE. |
| 32 | KITCHEN DUTCH – KIT + (HEND in CUTCH). This one took some teasing apart, as both HEND and CUTCH were unfamiliar to me. |
| Down | |
| 1 | TARTAR STEAK – TART + (S in KARATE*). |
| 2 | HUED – E in HUD. |
| 3 | ILEAC – I + LEAC[h]. |
| 4 | ELEVENS – two definitions, I guess: teams/something refreshing. |
| 5 | RECORD – COR[n] in RED. |
| 6 | AINU – A + UNI<. |
| 7 | UNSELECT – (TEN CLUES)*. |
| 8 | LOTTOS – LOT + TO + S[tarvation]. |
| 9 | UREAL – U[n]REAL. |
| 10 | MARROW-BONES – MARROW (N. English term) + BONES. |
| 12 | SAGEBRUSH – B in (SAGE + RUSH). |
| 15 | CHIMERIC – CHIMER + IC. |
| 18 | SEPPUKU – SEP[t] + PUKU. |
| 20 | MOTETT – TET in MOT. |
| 21 | SINEAD – SIN + EA + D. |
| 22 | JINNI – J + INN + I. |
| 24 | LYRIC – [sure]LY RIC[e]. A reference to lyricist Tim Rice, of course. |
| 26 | NICE – N + ICE. |
| 27 | RUTH – [t]RUTH. |
I’m on holiday so I don’t have the puzzle to hand at the moment, but I do remember I got through this rather quickly last week – less than an hour – and for 2ac, it was useful that the TV series Grimm had just had an episode called Hibernaculum.