Almost caught up with these now. This was a nice, tough one including lots of hard words that were satisfyingly solveable from wordplay.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | REMODIFY – MOD in REIFY. |
| 7 | SNAP – N in SAP. |
| 10 | UREDOSPORE – (POROUS REED)*. |
| 11 | POST-WAR – (RAW + T + SOP)<. |
| 12 | PERCA – PER CA[put]. |
| 14 | ORCHESTRATOR – (O + SHORT CARTER)*. |
| 17 | SKELL – K in SELL. |
| 18 | HIPPURIC – HIP + PURI + C[erotic]. |
| 20 | ANTINOMY – (TIN + MO) in ANY. |
| 21 | RINDS – [g]RINDS. |
| 24 | INTIMIDATING – I’D in INTIMATING. |
| 26 | AGAST – GAS in AT. A friend informs me that the Kip is the monetary unit of Laos, equal to 100 at. |
| 27 | ETRURIA – TRUE* + AIR<. |
| 28 | CANTELOUBE – ELO in CAN TUBE. |
| 29 | ARES – [f]ARES. |
| 30 | IDOMENEO – I’D + OMEN + E[n]O. |
| Down | |
| 1 | REPO – [hi]RE PO[ssibly]. |
| 2 | EXORCIZING – EX + ORC + I + ZING. |
| 3 | MUSCI – from MUSIC, slightly changed. |
| 4 | ORTHOPEDISTS – HOPED in (TOTS SIR)*. |
| 5 | DEWEY – W + E (partners in bridge) in DEY. This is the “decimal” chap. |
| 6 | FORTUITY – TUI in FORTY. |
| 7 | SPEAKING TUBE – (PEAKING + T in SUB) + [s]E[a]. |
| 8 | NORTENO – R in (NOTE + NO). |
| 9 | PEARLEYE – PEAR + ([acut]E in LYE). |
| 13 | COLEMANITE – (ONE CLIMATE)*. |
| 15 | THERIACA – (HER + I + AC) in TA. |
| 16 | URNFIELD – (FUN + IDLER)*. |
| 19 | PENTANE – (N + TAN) in PEE. |
| 22 | GARUM – G + A + RUM. |
| 23 | SIREN – SIR + EN. |
| 25 | GAJO – (O + JAG)<. |