Another unaided solve this week, although I admittedly made a couple of slips which I was later able to correct by checking Chambers.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | NOBLE SAVAGES – NOB + SLAVE* + AGES. |
| 10 | EGLATERE – E.G. + LATER + [emerg]E. |
| 11 | NAME – from AMEN, with the N moved forward. |
| 12 | CLOUDLESS – (LOUD + L) in CESS. |
| 15 | FETE – from FEET with the final half “backtracking”. |
| 16 | SCANSORIAL – SCANS + (I in ORAL). |
| 18 | SERF – FRES[h]<. |
| 19 | UPTAKES – TAP* in UKES. |
| 21 | IN-DEPTH – (N + DEPT) in (I + H). |
| 22 | NISI – N + IS + I[talian]. |
| 23 | ITINERANTS – TINE in (I + RANTS). |
| 24 | AAHS – A + A + HS. |
| 28 | ENDOSCOPE – (O in ENDS) + COPE. |
| 29 | EROS – EROS[e]. |
| 30 | CALCULAR – (U + L) in CALCAR. |
| 31 | SYDNEYSIDERS – (DISNEY* + D) in SYERS. |
| Down | |
| 1 | NECESSITATES – SCENE* + (I in STATES). |
| 2 | OGLE – [fe]EL GO[bsmacked]<. |
| 3 | LAUD – [b]LAUD. |
| 4 | SELL-OUT – S[p]ELL OUT. |
| 5 | AREA – ARE[c]A. |
| 6 | VESTITURES – (TV SET I SURE)*. |
| 7 | GAVELKIND – GAVE + (K in LIND). |
| 8 | EMPTIEST – TEMPI* + EST. Ravel was French, so “is, for Ravel” gives EST. |
| 9 | SEVEN SISTERS – S[cheme] + EVEN + RESISTS*. |
| 13 | DESIPIENCE – DIES* + (I in PENCE). |
| 14 | HARDIHOOD – HAIRDO* in HOD. |
| 17 | CENTAURY – A in CENTURY. |
| 20 | PHENOLS – HEN in POL[i]S. |
| 25 | D-DAY – DD + AY. |
| 26 | SCUD – dd. |
| 27 | SPAR – SPAR[e]. |