Quite a tough week, though I think I’ve at least managed to expain everything. There seem to be relatively few anagrams this week, along with a great deal of abbreviations in the subsidiary indications.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | HAPPY EVENT – ((P + PYE) in HAVEN) + T. |
| 10 | ABLE – [f]ABLE. |
| 11 | GNOMON – M in (G + NOON). |
| 12 | STERNMOST – (RN + MO) in S + TEST). |
| 13 | CONDIGN – DIG in CONN. |
| 15 | HAIRY – H + AIRY. |
| 17 | SIRCAR – SIR + CA + R. |
| 18 | TAPACOLO – TAP + ACOL + O. |
| 20 | TROPICAL – (ARC PILOT)*. |
| 23 | FIERCE – F + [p]IERCE. |
| 25 | BYRON – BY + NOR<. |
| 26 | MALTESE – ALTE[r]S in ME. |
| 28 | CAPARISON – CA + PARIS + ON. |
| 29 | ELICIT – E + LICIT. |
| 30 | IDES – from IDES, the S moved from first to last postition. |
| 31 | SHELLYCOAT – (CLOTHES LAY)*. |
| Down | |
| 1 | HATCHET-FACED – (BREED + A DEFECT)*. |
| 2 | ABROAD – AB + ROAD. |
| 3 | PLENIPOES – P + ((NIP + O) in LEES). |
| 4 | YETI – [portra]IT EY[es]<. |
| 5 | ELEGIAC – (LEG in I.E.<) + AC. |
| 6 | ENNUI – (N in [m]ENU) + I. |
| 7 | NOMARCHY – MARCH in YON<. |
| 8 | COSTAL – A in (COST + L). |
| 9 | ENTEROPNEUST – ENTER + (ON UPDATE)*. |
| 14 | SCORRENDO – RE in (SCORN + DO). |
| 16 | REPROACH – PRO in REACH. |
| 19 | PARASOL – AS in PAROL. |
| 21 | RIBALD – RIB + LAD*. |
| 22 | COSMEA – (S in COME) + A. |
| 24 | CURIE – I in CURE. Discoverer of both Radium and Polonium. |
| 27 | LOGY – LOG + Y. |