Beelzebub 1,050 (04/04/10)

A mixed one for me, initially thinking I’d be done in record time, but eventually almost failing to finish at all. 5dn is yet to be explained.

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.

Across
1	MIDDLE SCHOOL – (CHILLED MOODS)*.
10	APPEARED – APP + EARED.
12	NOSEMA – (A MESON)<.
13	TREFA – REF in (T + A).
15	CARREL – (R in CARE) + L.
16	EYELASHES – EYE + L + ASHES.
18	DRAYS – ‘D + RAYS.
19	DEGRADE – D + E GRADE.
20	AILETTE – A1 + LETTE[r].
23	RARER – R + A + R + E + R.
25	RE-EMERGED – (MERE GREED)*.
26	IDOLUM – I DO + LUM[p].
30	NAIAS – (A + I) in SAN<. I'm not sure why SAN = "tub".
31	ISOLDE – LIE[be]S[t]OD*.
32	SEMESTER – (SEES TERM)*.
33	METAPHYSICAL – (CHEMIST A PLAY)*.

Down
2	I-POD – I + POD.
3	DEEPLY – DEE + PLY.
4	LAMBASTE – BAST in LAME.
5	ERAS – I didn’t quite follow this one: “Put nothing in for endless periods of time“.
6	SEICHE – ICH in SEE.
7	HERR – HE + R[uh]R &lit.
8	OVERLARGE – OVERL (LOVER, with the L at the end) + RAGE*.
9	OFFEND – OFF + END.
10	ANTEDATING – ANT + (‘D in EATING).
11	HALBERDIER – (L + B[litzing] + E[nemy]) in HARDIER.
14	SEALPOINT – (SPANIEL TO)*.
17	EGRESSES – EG + [d]RESSES.
21	IODATE – I + 0 + DATE. I made life difficult for myself initially by writing in the almost-plausible but patently wrong I + 0 + DINE.
22	TEMPEH – MET< + HEP<.
24	ARIOSI – A RIO + SI.
27	LAVA – AVAL<.
28	RIMY – [g]RIMY.
29	IDEA – I + DEA[r].

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