A good week – not too hard or too easy, though the SW corner put up a fight for me. Highlights were learning that there is an anagram of GYMNAST, and that there is a word that ends in -AGD!
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SNAKE’S-HEAD – S[ettling] + (SHEA in NAKED). |
| 10 | FRYING-PAN – P in (FRY + INGAN). |
| 11 | UNIT – U + NIT. |
| 12 | STAIRS – A in STIRS. |
| 13 | ACCUSTREMENT – (U + TERMS*) in ACCENT. |
| 14 | TOILE – O in TILE. |
| 15 | ORISSA – [govern]OR IS SA[tisfactory]. |
| 16 | SMARAGD – RAG in DAMS<. |
| 21 | MELILOT – LILO in MET. |
| 22 | DIACID – DI[r]AC + I + D. |
| 23 | CEORL – OR in CEL. |
| 25 | STEREOCHROMY – (CHORE MORE)* in STY. |
| 26 | ATTUNE – (E + NUT + TA)<. |
| 27 | FRIT – dd. |
| 28 | CASTELLAN – [p]ASTEL in CLAN. Many thanks to Gaufrid for his correction here. |
| 29 | HODGEPODGE – HO + (PEG< in DODGE). |
| Down | |
| 1 | SQUAT – S + QUAT. |
| 2 | NON-COMMITTAL – N + (MITT in (NOTE COOL MAN*)). |
| 3 | APICIAN – (PIC in AIA) + N. |
| 4 | ERASE – R in EASE. |
| 5 | SYNTAGM – GYMNAST*. |
| 6 | ENTERAL – ENTER + A + L. |
| 7 | AGAMID – GAM in AID. |
| 8 | BARNSTORMING – BAR + (ST in NOT) + MING. |
| 9 | INSTANT – (N + S + TAN) in IT. |
| 16 | SAD SACK – (C + ASDA)< in SK. |
| 17 | ALIENED – A LIE + NED. |
| 18 | DESCALE – (C in DECAL) + E. |
| 19 | FLOORED – (FOE LORD)*. |
| 20 | SCRUTO – SC + RUT + O. |
| 23 | CHEAP – hom. of “cheep”. |
| 24 | LYTHE – L[och] + Y + THE. |