This seemed a very tough week for me, though on blogging I’m not sure why, as everything seems to make sense. I suspect it was a combination of some tough vocabulary plus a good number of 12-letter entries, few of which I was familiar with prior to solving. Good stuff all the same, as always.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ASSONANCE – AS SON + ([tuitio]N in ACE). |
| 11 | DOUC – DOUC[he]. |
| 12 | BEWARE – (ERA + WEB)<. |
| 13 | AMPHIGASTRIA – (MP + HI + GAS) in ATRIA. |
| 15 | LUPUS – UP in LUS[t]. |
| 17 | EYRES – R in EYES. |
| 18 | BEEB – BEE + B. |
| 19 | PANCHATANTRA – PAN + CHAT + ANT + R.A. |
| 21 | PLANETESIMAL – PLAN + (TEAM’S LIE)*. |
| 23 | EATH – EAT + H. |
| 24 | BRAWL – B[agpipe]R + AWL. |
| 26 | SADHE – SAD + EH<. |
| 28 | PEREGRINATOR – (GEAR IN REPORT)*. |
| 29 | ORATOR – O.R. + ROTA<. |
| 30 | VEST – VEST[a]. |
| 31 | UNALTERED – (L in (A TUNE)*) + RED. |
| Down | |
| 2 | SOME – hom. of “some”. |
| 3 | SUPERNATURAL – (PUNTS ARE)* + URAL. |
| 4 | OCHRE – CH in ORE. |
| 5 | NOILS – LION< + S[ofa]. |
| 6 | ANGULATED – (DUAL AGENT)*. |
| 7 | CESURAS – (RUSE in SAC)<. |
| 8 | GARRET-MASTER – (RET + M + AS) in GARTER. |
| 9 | PRIMER – RIM in PER. |
| 10 | MEATBALLS – (AT BALL) in MES[s]. |
| 14 | PEPPERPOT – OP< in (PEP + PERT). |
| 16 | PETECHIAL – (TECH + I) in PEAL. |
| 20 | HEXAGON – HEX + AGO + N. |
| 22 | LAYERS – [p]LAYERS. |
| 24 | BENET – E in BENT. |
| 25 | REAVE – [a]REA VE[ngeful]. |
| 27 | ROSE – dd. |
By the way, there seems to be an extra ‘A’ in 21ac. Should be PLAN = (TEAM’S LIE)*
Well spotted, thanks!