A tough week, I found, so no danger of getting far without Chambers. Still an enjoyable challenge as always.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SCOTCH MIST – SCOT + CH[e]MIST. |
| 10 | THRO – THRO[w]. |
| 11 | CULPRIT – (LP in CUR) + IT. |
| 13 | IONICISE – IO + (SINCE I)*. |
| 14 | ISLEMAN – IS + L + NAME<. |
| 15 | UNDID – (D in UNI) + D. |
| 16 | CTENES – N in (C + TEES). I thought I must have gone wrong when CT____ emerged! But no, a CTENE is “a comb-like swimming organ in the Ctenophora”. |
| 18 | FLORENCE – (L + OR) in FENCE. |
| 20 | ARGUMENT – GUM in [p]ARENT. |
| 23 | LAMINA – ANIMAL<. |
| 25 | CIRRI – [picni]C IRRI[tating]. |
| 26 | DÉMENTI – MAN in DIET*. |
| 27 | RENDZINA – Z in (REND IN A). |
| 28 | ELEMENT – (E in ELM) + TEN*. |
| 29 | ROVE – dd. |
| 30 | TONGUESTER – GUEST in (TONE + R). |
| Down | |
| 1 | STRICH – ST + RICH. |
| 2 | CHESTERFIELD – (SET RICH CHILD)*. |
| 3 | TOMENTUM – OMEN in MUTT<. |
| 4 | CHIME – [whi]CH I ME[morised]. |
| 5 | MUNNION – M + (N in UNION). |
| 6 | ILIUM – dd. |
| 7 | TRIDENTINE – (RID in TEN) + TINE. |
| 8 | DISINCENTIVE – SINCE in INVITED*. |
| 9 | STEDDE – DD in STEE[p]. |
| 12 | CLEW-GARNET – (W + G) in (CLEAR + NET). |
| 17 | BESMEARS – B + (MERE ASS)*. |
| 19 | LEADING – LEAD + ING. |
| 20 | ACCREW – CR in (ACE + W). |
| 21 | WAITER – I in WATER. |
| 22 | MIZEN – Z in MIEN. |
| 24 | AMAZE – AMAZ[on] + [thos]E. |