Apart from a couple of quibbles and one exceptionally clever clue, this solve was mostly straightforward.
Perhaps the caption should have the subtitle: “The Shakespeare Edition”?
| ACROSS | ||
| 1 | KOL NIDRE |
Older kin reassembled for synagogue service (8, 2 words)
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| Anagram of (reassembled) OLDER KIN | ||
| 11 | DIAPHONE |
One brought in to lower and sharpen fog signal (8)
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| A (one) inside (brought in to) DIP (lower) + HONE (sharpen) | ||
| 12 | TIMON |
Misanthrope in play? Phrase he arranged maybe (5)
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| Compound/composite anagram of (arranged maybe): MISANTHROPE = PHRASE + TIMON, the entire clue referring to Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens | ||
| 13 | BARON |
Duck housed in farm building? It may suggest some beef (5)
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| O (duck) inside (housed in) BARN (farm building), defined in Chambers as “a joint consisting of two sirloins left uncut at the backbone” | ||
| 14 | MINDEL |
What glacier goes through in meld abroad? (6)
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| Anagram of (abroad) IN MELD | ||
| 15 | ERRED |
Part of computer redone was inaccurate (5)
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| Hidden in (part of) [COMPUT]ER RED[ONE] | ||
| 16 | HOG-PEN |
‘There’s power in strong drink’ – Shakespeare’s frank (6)
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| P (power) inside (there’s . . . in) HOGEN (strong drink), “frank” being Shakespeare’s word for “pigsty” | ||
| 18 | POAKE |
Exercising round wood? A pocketful for poet (5)
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| PE (exercising) around (round) OAK (wood), Shakespeare’s spelling of “poke,” thus “for poet” | ||
| 19 | SLAISTER |
Artless, I mucked around in sloppy mess (8)
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| Anagram of (mucked around) ARTLESS I | ||
| 23 | NORTHING |
Love holding end of rudder making differences of latitude at sea (8)
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| NOTHING (love) around (holding) last letter of (end of) [RUDDE]R | ||
| 24 | SLUED |
Lots of Americans getting dead drunk (5)
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| SLUE (lots, listed in Chambers as “North American” usage, thus “of Americans”) + D (dead) | ||
| 27 | PETITE |
Darling with special appeal, European, mignonne (6)
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| PET (darling) + IT (special appeal) + E (European) | ||
| 28 | TARRY |
Roller in river resulting in delay (5)
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| RR (roller, i.e., Rolls-Royce) inside (in) TAY (river) | ||
| 29 | HUMBLE |
Low buzz spouted endlessly? (6)
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| HUM (buzz) + BLE[D] minus last letter (endlessly) | ||
| 31 | URALI |
Source of venom and some fervour alike (5)
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| Hidden in (some) [FERVO]UR ALI[KE]. I think this should say “poison” or “toxin,” instead of “venom”? | ||
| 32 | BIONT |
Living organism acceptable in the smallest degree (5)
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| ON (acceptable) inside (in) BIT (the smallest degree) | ||
| 33 | FELO DE SE |
Reaches within money charged for seppuku? (8, 3 words)
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| LODES (reaches [of water]) + FEE (money charged), i.e., a method of suicide | ||
| 34 | FREE-REED |
Sort of ‘windy’? Being empty, given food, bird twice tucked in (8)
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| REE + REE (bird, twice) inside (tucked in) outside letters of (being empty) F[E]D (given food), referring to wind instruments. Note: Clue is misnumbered as “24,” but appears at the end of the Across clues. | ||
| DOWN | ||
| 1 | KITCHEN-STUFF |
Waste food? Tick off chickens, hard to chew, we hear (12)
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| Anagram of (off) TICK + HENS (chickens) + homophone of (we hear) TOUGH (hard to chew) | ||
| 2 | OKIMONO |
Loose robe, with nothing on top? It’s ornamental in Japan (7)
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| O (nothing) + KIMONO (loose robe) | ||
| 3 | LAMIGER |
Arm and leg twisted, I kept inside (local disabled) (7)
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| I inside (kept inside) anagram of (twisted) {ARM + LEG}, listed in Chambers as “dialect,” thus “local” | ||
| 4 | NOON |
Culmination? With this one comes to earth (4)
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| [ON]E minus ON (with “NO ON,” [this, i.e., the solution to the clue]) results in (comes to) E (earth) | ||
| 5 | DIZEN |
The old dress up in religion following gods (5)
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| DI (gods, i.e., plural of deus) + ZEN (religion), listed in Chambers as “obsolete,” thus “old” | ||
| 6 | RAILMAN |
Transport worker trained animal to follow rule (7)
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| R (rule) + anagram of (trained) ANIMAL | ||
| 7 | CHAROSET |
Traditional Jewish dish, small spud, pink inside (8)
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| ROSE (pink) inside CHAT (small spud) | ||
| 8 | SORRA |
What abusive Paddy calls you in tantrums or rancour (5)
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| Hidden in (in) [TANTRUM]S OR RA[NCOUR], with the whole clue suggestive of the solution | ||
| 9 | SNOEK |
Fish one’s played with end of hook (5)
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| Anagram of (played with) ONE’S + last letter of (end of) [HOO]K | ||
| 10 | TENDER-HEFTED |
The Bard’s delicately framed offer he’s accompanied by deft twirling (12)
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| TENDER (offer) + HE + anagram of (twirling) DEFT, referring to Shakespeare | ||
| 17 | PETERLOO |
Tragic incident in office, safe at first (8)
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| PETER (safe) + LOO (office, listed in Chambers as “a euphemism”), August 16, 1819 | ||
| 20 | LIGHTER |
Dockside craft after unloading cargo? (7)
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| Double/cryptic definition, the second suggesting the state of such a craft “after unloading cargo” | ||
| 21 | TRILOBE |
Like a normal clover? Take a look inside family (7)
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| LO (take a look) inside TRIBE (family) | ||
| 22 | ENTENTE |
Understanding medical field doubled energy (7)
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| ENT + ENT (medical field, i.e., ear, nose, and throat, doubled) + E (energy) | ||
| 25 | LARES |
What may feature at openings of Latin residences? (5)
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| &lit and first letters of (at openings of) LA[TIN] + RES[IDENCES] | ||
| 26 | URALS |
Calf’s first to last in range (5)
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| SURAL (calf’s) moving the first [letter] to the last [position] | ||
| 27 | PULSE |
Beans are thrilling (5)
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| Double definition | ||
| 30 | BIER |
Litter that is dumped in bedroom (4)
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| I.E. (that is) inside (dumped in) BR (bedroom) |
Not sure why NORTHING isn’t defined by “difference…” rather than “differences…” but otherwise no problems.
Mostly straightforward and enjoyable, and thanks to Azed and Cineraria. I went badly astray, putting BURBLE for 29ac and then inventing LIE-BYER for 20d, as meaning a boat lying by the quayside having unloaded, and never getting round to checking if such a thing existed. But I stuck completely on 4d. It clearly had to be NEON or NOON, but why? I have read the blurb at least half a dozen times, and I still do not get it. Have I not yet woken up properly?
I also got misled by BURBLE and although it clearly had to be HUMBLE I never managed to separate low from buzz. Nonafi, you need to take NOON as an instruction: “no ‘o’ [and] ‘n’ “. If you apply this instruction to the word ONE, you’re left with E[arth]. It’s a kind of clue Azed uses maybe once every two weeks, and the words “with this” often give it away. Hope this helps but maybe someone else can explain it better.
I recall getting through this fairly quickly Sunday evening, mostly before the NFL game on Sky. Couldn’t parse NOON but the explanation I think works. I couldn’t understand HOGPEN, not having thought to look up “frank” in Chambers.
I had one or two quibbles this week. 3dn: LAMIGER is a noun, meaning a cripple; disabled is an adjective (except possibly for “the disabled”, which would be a collective noun and plural). 31ac: I agree with Cineraria that URALI is not venom, which is defined as a posionous liquid secreted by a creature. I also think Tim C@1 is right about NORTHING.
There were also three “hidden” clues (15ac, 31ac and 8dn), which seemed a bit excessive.
Thanks brian-with-an eye. I think I get it