I found this to be the toughest Beelzebub for some time, and I had only a handful solved before reaching for various aids. I think it was just the vocab that was my undoing, as the clueing is as faultless as ever.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SHADE – [actres]S HAD E[legance]. |
| 6 | FACADE – FA + CADE. |
| 11 | TRIDENTINE – (DEN + TIN) in RITE*. |
| 12 | PUGS – dd. |
| 13 | HARVEST – (V in HARE) + ST. |
| 14 | ECURIE – E + CUR + IE. |
| 18 | EPEIRA – [w]E[b] in (A + RIPE)<. |
| 19 | POMPHOLYGOUS – (O + MP + HOLY + GO) in PUS. |
| 20 | APPURTENANCE – (ERA PEN CAN PUT)*. |
| 22 | THATCH – THAT + CH. |
| 26 | ADULTS – D in [f]AULTS. |
| 27 | IAMBIST – I + S in AMBIT). |
| 28 | REDO – RED + O. |
| 29 | VIRAGINIAN – (A in VIRGINIA) + [desolatio]N. |
| 30 | TYRANT – TYR + ANT. |
| 31 | GENTY – GEN + T[o]Y. |
| Down | |
| 1 | SUPERPATRIOT – (AIRPORT UPSET)*. |
| 2 | ARGUS – (R[eview] + G) in AUS. |
| 3 | DISREPUTE – RE in DISPUTE. |
| 4 | EDDISH – S in HIDDE[n]<. |
| 5 | BEHEMOTHS – MOTH in BEHES[t]. |
| 7 | ATRIP – TA< + RIP. |
| 8 | ANEW – from WANE, with the initial letter “brought down”. |
| 9 | DESTRUCT – (EST + R) in DUCT. |
| 10 | EXTRASENSORY – (NEXT YEAR [d]ROSS)*. |
| 15 | TELEMATIC – TAME< in TELIC. |
| 16 | MEGACURIE – I in (URGE CAME)*. |
| 17 | TOP-HEAVY – (H in TOPE) + [w]AVY. |
| 21 | NIDING – DIN in GIN<. |
| 23 | CHIAN – HI in CAN. |
| 24 | CLEAN – C + LEAN. |
| 25 | SMIR – RIMS<. |