A pretty stiff challenge this week, with plenty of unfamiliar words. I was grateful for the extended deadline, as it gave a couple more days to complete the puzzle and blog.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | THRUSH – R in (THUS + H). |
| 5 | OFFEND – OFF + END. |
| 9 | AYUNTAMIENTO – (UNITY ON A TEAM)*. |
| 11 | SPINETS – PIN in SETS. |
| 13 | SAKER – SAKE + [wa]R. |
| 14 | IDIOM – (I + 0) in DIM. |
| 15 | ANSATED – SATE in AND. |
| 17 | GLASSHOUSE – (SLOG HAS)* + USE. |
| 19 | TIGER SHARK – (G in TIERS) + HARK. |
| 22 | BORACIC – CAROB< + IC. |
| 24 | ELAND – ELAN + D. |
| 26 | VLACH – L in (VAC + H). |
| 27 | DOMINEE – (MINE in DO) + E. |
| 28 | ILLUSTRATION – TART< in ILLUSION. |
| 29 | EPOCHA – (PO + CH) in [m]EA[l]. |
| 30 | STYLET – STY + LET. |
| Down | |
| 1 | TAPSALTEERIE – (SALT in TAPE) + ERIE. |
| 2 | RUCKS – dd. |
| 3 | UNSEALED – (LANES DUE)*. |
| 4 | HAPLESS – (P in HALE) + SS. |
| 5 | OMIT – [v]OMIT. |
| 6 | FINISH – IN in FISH. |
| 7 | ENTIA – EN on AIT<. |
| 8 | DOOM-MERCHANT – (MORON MATCHED)*. |
| 10 | CANFIELD – (IF< in CANE) + LD. |
| 12 | SOLSTICE – STIC[k] in SOLE. |
| 16 | MORALITY – LIT in MORAY. |
| 18 | SHOWERS – S + HOW[l]ERS. |
| 20 | RADISH – S in (HID A R). |
| 21 | PAOLO – A in POLO. An Italian silver coin. |
| 23 | CAVIL – C + (V in AIL). |
| 25 | ANTA – [americ]AN TA[bloid]. |
Thanks as ever, Simon & Beelzebub.
In 7dn, why is EN “nut”? That was the only one I couldn’t parse.
NUT – en (printing) – Chambers has it.
But not in the definition for EN. Didn’t think to look under NUT. 🙁 Thanks.