Just the one thing that I can’t quite see, at 33 across.
*=anagram, []=dropped, <=reversed. Hover to expand abbreviations.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 4 | VULSELLAE – (L + L) in (LEAVE US)*. |
| 11 | ERNANI – AN in (IN RE)<. |
| 12 | UNDER – [bl]UNDER. |
| 13 | TAYRA – Y in TARA. |
| 14 | NEAP – A in PEN<. |
| 15 | AWHILE – HIL[l] in AWE. |
| 16 | VIEWLY – VIE + W[i]LY. |
| 17 | BLOCK RELEASE – (LOCK + RELE[t]) in BASE. |
| 18 | ROWENA – (A + NEW + OR)<. Lady Rowena, from Scott’s Ivanhoe. |
| 23 | LAOGAI – GOAL< + A + I. |
| 25 | WILD WILLIAMS – sort of a reverse anagram, as (I + SAWMILL)*. |
| 27 | SEAMAS – from SEAMAN, changing N to S. Stokes is “the CGS unit of kinematic viscosity”. |
| 28 | ALL-RED – ALL[u]RED. |
| 30 | INGO – [l]INGO. |
| 31 | CIRRI – C + [a]IR + [a]IR<. |
| 32 | COATI – COATI[ng]. |
| 33 | CASEIN – Protein having point for example. |
| 34 | GYNAECEUM – (CUE GAY MEN)*. |
| Down | |
| 1 | BETA – BET + A. |
| 2 | WRAWL – W + RAW + [yow]L. From Spenser, hence “in verse”. |
| 3 | ANYHOW – (NY + HO) in AW. |
| 4 | VARICES – C in VARIES. |
| 5 | LIBERALISTIC – L[iberal] + (IE T BLAIR IS)* + C[onservative]. |
| 6 | SURVEILLANCE – (NUCLEAR EVILS)*. |
| 7 | ENSILE – [t]ENSILE. |
| 8 | LEEWAY – WEE< in LAY. |
| 9 | ARAL SEA – ALS[o] in AREA. |
| 10 | EMPYESIS – EMP + YES + IS. |
| 17 | BROWSING – BROW + SING. |
| 19 | ORIENCY – (RICE ON) + [cole]Y. |
| 20 | ZOILISM – OZ< + (I SLIM)*. |
| 21 | FLAGON – FLAG ON. |
| 22 | TWAITE – IT in TWAE. |
| 24 | GARRET – (A in GR) + RET[e]. |
| 26 | MERIT – M + TIRE<. |
| 29 | DING – D ING, as in Doctor of Engineering. |
Simon, if you put point after 33 across you get case in point. Quite droll I thought.
Rather a good puzzle,
Thanks all, I couldn’t see 33ac, either.