My ongoing quest to complete a whole Beelzebub unaided led to a full grid, yet with a couple of silly errors. Still, a good week and always a pleasure to work out the unfamiliar words from the subsidiary indications.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | JUDO – JUD + O[lympic]. |
| 4 | SPICE BOX – SP + ICEBOX. |
| 10 | ERYTHEMATIC – [piec]E + RY + THEMATIC. |
| 12 | JESTER – JE + STER. |
| 13 | OLIVES – O + LIVES. |
| 15 | FIAT – A in FIT. |
| 16 | NIRVANA – (V in IRAN) in NA. |
| 17 | BLUNK – L in BUNK. |
| 19 | VENIREMAN – (MAIN NEVER)*. |
| 21 | LIFELINES – FELINE in LIS. |
| 24 | YERBA – R[iver] B[ank] in YEA. |
| 25 | APHASIC – (A CHAP IS)*. |
| 27 | DUAL – U in LAD<. |
| 29 | ISCHIA – IS CHI[n]A. |
| 30 | ISTHMI – THIS* + MI. |
| 31 | EARNESTNESS – (SENSE AREN’T)*. |
| 32 | ASSIGNEE – SA< + SEEING*. |
| 33 | ARCH – [m]ARCH. |
| Down | |
| 1 | JEJUNELY – JUNE in JE[l]LY (Gelignite). |
| 2 | DYSURY – [ma]Y [annoy]S [yo]U in DRY. |
| 3 | OTTO – 0 + OTT<. |
| 4 | SHEVA – (HE + V) in SA. |
| 5 | PERENNIAL – ([yea]R in (LAIN + NEEP)<). |
| 6 | CALIBRE – LIB in CARE. |
| 7 | BIVIUM – (I + V + I) in BUM. |
| 8 | OCEANARIUMS – CO< + (US MARINES)*. |
| 9 | XYST – X + Y + ST. X and Y being the axes on a typical graph. |
| 11 | RELIGIEUSES – (I SEE GRUEL IS)*. Probably my favourite clue this week. |
| 14 | MAINPRISE – MAIN + PRISE. |
| 18 | KNACKISH – [t]ACK in KNISH. |
| 20 | ELATING – ATINGLE*. |
| 22 | FRACAS – FRA + CAS[e]. |
| 23 | ESCHER – ES + CHER. |
| 26 | HASTE – H + ASTE[rn]. |
| 27 | DIVA – D[onizetti] I[n] V[erona] A[rena] &lit. |
| 28 | ETNA – [itali]AN TE[rritory] &lit. |