A satisfying Sunday puzzle as always. With a bit of patience I managed all but one entry (4dn) before reaching for help. I think I’ve explained everything this week, but do ask if anything isn’t clear.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | PASS UP – (PUS + SAP)<. |
| 6 | NOOBS – 0 in NOBS. |
| 10 | OTHERNESS – (SHORT SEEN)*. |
| 11 | DEAR – D + EAR. |
| 12 | LOCUSTAE – (EATS + U + COL)<. |
| 13 | INGEST – from TINGES with its first, the T, moved to the end. |
| 17 | OODLES – L in (0 + ODES). |
| 18 | MADEMOISELLE – MAD + EMO + (I.E. in SELL). |
| 19 | PROPENSITIES – (OPEN + SIT) in PRIES[t]. |
| 21 | APOLLO – PO in (ALL + O). |
| 24 | EGOISM – ([a]IM GOES)*. |
| 25 | SEABOARD – BOA in (SEAR + D. |
| 26 | STEM – dd. |
| 27 | TORREFIED – TOR + (IF< in REED). |
| 28 | ELVEN – L in EVEN. |
| 29 | DANDER – [crow]D AND ER[upting]. |
| Down | |
| 1 | PODIUM – p + ODIUM. |
| 2 | STAGE DOOR – AGED in ROOTS<. |
| 3 | SHRED – R in SHED. |
| 4 | PROTHONOTARY – P + ROT + (NOT in HOARY). |
| 5 | UNCLOISTERED – (RECLUSE I’D NOT)*. |
| 6 | NEUROSIS – EUROS in SIN<. I had no idea, but apparently the EURO is the arid-zone sub-species of the most widespread kangaroo, the Common Wallaroo. |
| 7 | OSSA – SS (S can be “saint”, so two of them makes “saints”) in (O + A). |
| 8 | BRACELET – BRA + (E in CELT). |
| 9 | SPERSE – S + PER SE. |
| 14 | ILLIMITED – ILL + IMI[ta]TED. |
| 15 | HARP SEAL – (PALER HAS)*. |
| 16 | AMELCORN – (MEL + C + OR) in AN. |
| 19 | PARSEE – PAR + SEE. |
| 20 | SUMMER – SUM + MER[e]. |
| 22 | EOSIN – (ONE IS)*. |
| 23 | OBOE – O in O.B.E. |