A very enjoyable week, with some really nice anagrams. For my own part, I managed all but 13ac unaided, which may be a record for me, yet that one eluded me due to a crisis of confidence having guessed the correct answer but misread the wordplay.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 3 | OBJECT BALL – OBJECT + B + ALL. |
| 10 | EARLESS – def. + enjoyable cd. |
| 11 | EPIC – def. + cd. Think of “e-mail”, “e-commerce” etc. |
| 12 | ORIENT – OR + (EN in IT). |
| 13 | LODENS – OD in LENS. |
| 15 | POST-DOCTORAL – POST + DO + CT + ORAL. |
| 16 | HUSH UP – HUS + HUP. John Hus was indeed a Bohemian reformer, martyred in 1415. |
| 19 | IPSO JURE – J in (OUR PIES)* . |
| 20 | SHERBETS – HERB in SETS. |
| 24 | INSOLE – N in (I + SOLE). |
| 25 | CUCKING STOOL – C + (LOCKING OUT + S[tudents])*. I wonder how many were tempted to write in DUCKING STOOL, given a few checking letters. |
| 27 | SCEATT – SCOT, with EAT in place of O, hence “worry for nothing”. |
| 28 | MAISIE – MAIS + I + E. |
| 29 | FEET – FEE + T. |
| 30 | PIECENS – (I + EC) in PENS. |
| 31 | ORDER PAPER – (READ PROPER)*. |
| Down | |
| 1 | GEOPHYSICS – (GIPSY CHOSE)*. Familiar from a certain archaelogy-related TV programme! |
| 2 | FARO – FAR + O. |
| 3 | ORISSA – (R + I) in OSSA. |
| 4 | BLETHERSKATE – HE in (BEST TALKER)*. |
| 5 | ESTOPPEL – ST in PEOPLE*. |
| 6 | TOO-TOO – TOOT + OO. |
| 7 | BED OF JUSTICE – (BIJOU DEFECTS)*. |
| 8 | APERCU – [p]APER CU[p]. |
| 9 | LINACRE – LINAC + RE. |
| 14 | SLEEVELESS – (L[ong] + LEVEE<) in SESS. |
| 17 | ASTIGMIA – A + IMAGIST*. |
| 18 | CHAUCER – CH + [s]AUCER. |
| 21 | EXCEED – EX CE + ED. |
| 22 | BAITER – A in BITER. |
| 23 | LOOSER – 0 in LOSER. |
| 26 | OINK – [hipp]O IN K[nowsley]. |