Beelzebub 1,352 – Fifteensquared

I seemed to be quite well tuned in to Beelzebub’s wavelength this week, getting through this reasonably swiftly.

That said, I did slip up by entering AINO incorrectly at 26 down. I felt sure I’d heard of that, and UNIAT was unfamiliar. Never mind.

There’s just 2 down left needing a bit of explanation from readers, though the definition is clear.

*=anagram, []=dropped, <=reversed. Hover to expand abbreviations.

Across
1	LE CORBUSIER – (CE< in LOT) + BUSIER. Pseudonym of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, and a helpful start to the puzzle for an architecture nerd.
11	JONSONIAN – J + ON + SON. As in Ben of that ilk, of course.
12	COTSWOLD LION – C + (OLD WOOL ISN’T)*.
13	AGEIST – A + (I in GEST).
15	GO-GO – G in GOO.
16	LASSOS – SO in LASS.
17	OATMEAL – 0 + MEAT* + AL[l].
22	PYRROLE – YR in PROLE.
23	DEALER – from LEADER, but with the L and D switched.
25	TAKI – TAKI[ng]. This guy.
27	YARPHA – PRAY< + HA.
28	INSUFFLATION – I + N + (A FONT IS FUL[l])*.
29	ON THE HOOF – two definitions. A “frog” can be “a V-shaped band of horn on the underside of a horse’s hoof”, and weirdly I think I’d heard of it. Probably from crosswords.
30	WATER OF LIFE – IF in (TO WELFARE)*.

Down
1	LOCAL OPTION – POL< in LOCATION.
2	EXOGAMY – not sure here. Clue was Guardsman curtailed scandalous relationship outside core group.
3	CITESS – CITES + S[talkers].
4	OASIS – 0 + AS IS.
5	BOOT SALE – BOOTS + ALE.
6	UNLOOKED-FOR – (0 + OK) in FLOUNDER*.
7	IOLITE – IO LITE. “Io” is the expression of joy, so this is hte “lite” version.
8	ENIGMA – G in (A MINE)<.
9	FANG – N in FAG. The “for play” refers to this being a Shakespearean term.
10	INTOLERANCE – (ONE CLARINET)*.
14	GARDYLOO – (A + R) in GOODLY*. The “wee” in the clue is particularly nice, having the obvious lavatorial connotations, but also because this is a Scottish word.
18	ALEHOOF – A + (EH in FOOL<).
19	TRISHA – SH in TRIA[l].
20	ROQUET – RO + QU[i]ET. A particular kind of stroke from croquet.
21	ALPINI – (IN + I + PLA)<.
24	ARTAL – [particul]AR TAL[ks].
26	AINU – UNIA[t]<.

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