Well I never. It has been a while, but this was a rare unaided finish for your blogger. I suspect the enforced discipline of tackling the puzzle over a quiet pint or two up in SE19, without easy access to references, helped matters. That said, a few more stubborn entries held out until the following evening.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SAFARI – FAR in (I + AS)<. |
| 5 | SATRAP – SAT + RAP. |
| 9 | THREE-SCORE – ((H + RE) in TESCO) + RE. |
| 11 | EPEES – EP in SEE<. |
| 13 | BOCHE – BO[t]CH + E. |
| 15 | TRACTOR – (ROT + CART)<. |
| 16 | ERGODIC – (El CID + OGRE)<. |
| 18 | SIPUNCULOID – (IN [m]UD COILS UP)*. |
| 19 | SUMMARINESS – (M + MARINES) in SUS. |
| 22 | INFANTS – (N in INF) + ANTS. |
| 23 | ODINISM – SIN< in (0 + DIM). |
| 26 | PENNE – PENNE[d]. |
| 27 | GLARE – [ephem]ERAL G[olf]<. |
| 28 | NOTESHAVER – HONEST* + AVER. |
| 29 | CRAWLY – LAW* in CRY. |
| 30 | STREAM – ST + REAM. |
| Down | |
| 1 | STEREOSCOPIC – (TO PROCESS ICE)*. |
| 2 | FRET – dd. |
| 3 | RESIDUAL – (SID[e] + U) in REAL. |
| 4 | ISATIN – [v]ISA + TIN. |
| 5 | SCAR – dd. |
| 6 | TROCHLEAR – (CH in ROLE) in TAR. |
| 7 | RECTI – CT in REI[n]. |
| 8 | PTERIDOSPERM – ((DIRE + T)< in POS) + PERM. |
| 10 | CHORISTER – (IS + T) in (CHORE + R. |
| 12 | PERSUADER – (S[trife] in PERU) + (RED + A)<. |
| 14 | TOPMINNOW – IMP< in (TON + NOW). |
| 17 | BUNFIGHT – FUN* in BIGHT. |
| 20 | IN MASS – (MAIN + S + S)*. |
| 21 | PINNA – PIN + NA. |
| 24 | SLEY – L in YES<. |
| 25 | NAVE – hom. of “knave”. |
Not even a dictionary? Respect. Congratulations Simon, and as always, I give the devil his due.
Yes, that was my experience too – solved it all (from the wordplays) without consulting anything, but verified after, that the words existed. Thanks to the setter.
it’s a week since I finished it now, so some of the details are a bit hazy, but I remember I couldn’t get 4dn without a word search – I would never think of “visa” meaning endorsement. And it took me a long time to realise 1ac was obvious.