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Fiendish and witty with ingenious misdirections
Across
1 No longer burdensome limiting warp in quantity of wood DECASTERE
CAST (warp) in DEERE (burdensome – old)
11 Paper money cut back EXAM M (money) AXE (cut) < (back)
13 Composer, privileged Spaniard, having little time for sailor MOZART
MOZARAB (privileged Christian Spaniard) minus AB (sailor) plus T (time)
14 Source of sound effect? Bob able, when busy, to interrupt conversation
WOBBLE BOARD (BOB ABLE)* in WORD (conversation)
16 Temperature in star is a blow STUN T (temperature) in SUN (star)
17 Local in Scotland to sulk about church PECHT CH (church) in PET (sulk)
18 Like university engaged in simple regulation MEASURE
AS U (like university) in MERE (simple)
19 Retries comet shot, assessing solid nature STEREOMETRIC
(RETRIES COMET)*
21 Pompous line adopted by keen admiral at sea ALDERMANLIKE
L (line) in (KEEN ADMIRAL)*
23 Most of body of water, finally stagnant, standing still DEADSET
DEAD SE[a] [stagnan]T
25 Summoning of French leaving fortress CITAL
DE (of French) from CITADEL (fortress)
26 Each returned, having run out of planes AERO EA< (each back) RO (run out)
29 Dark brown clover I replanted has to darken? LIVERCOLOUR
(CLOVER I)* LOUR (darken)
30 Glass in pieces? Is taken aback about whisky SMALTI MALT (whisky) in IS<
31 Stake a quantity of money, nothing less ANTE A N[o]TE
32 Riding track clearly gutted, the place mostly ruined CYCLE PATH
C[learl]Y (THE PLAC[e])*
Down
2 Missile support, including steering agent, heading skyward EXOCET
COX (steering agent) in TEE (support)< (up)
3 A bloke seizing my lectern AMBO M (my) in A BO (bloke)
4 Miracle-worker engineered a result SALUTER (A RESULT)*
5 Article on motor crime revised, omitting nothing about assessment of ‘hot’ items THERMOMETRIC
THE (article) (MOTOR CRIME)* minus O (nothing)
6 Flickering metallic beam offering symbolism EMBLEMATICAL
(METALLIC BEAM)*
7 Grass: here’s something jumping on it ROOSA
ROO (kangaroo – something jumping) SA (It – sex appeal)
8 Bearing up readily at first during separation PARTURITION
U[p] R[eadily] in PARTITION (separation)
9 Component of off-colour Dutch language URDU
hidden in [off-colo]UR DU[tch]
10 Botanical material one caught in Scottish post STONE CELL
ONE C (caught) in STELL (post Scottish)
12 Basic snakes climbing round live tree ABECEDARIAN
BE (live) CEDAR (tree) in NAIA< (snakes up)
15 Unionist and priest to speak about platform? Get on your feet!
UPSADAISY U (unionist) P (priest) DIAS (platform) in SAY (speak)
20 Sniffing device pinning down chlorine in fence ENCLOSE
CL (chlorine) E-NOSE (sniffing device)
22 Ruined knight retaining a place KAPUTT A PUT (place) in KT (knight)
24 Guarantee to lose third of fat SUETY SURETY (guarantee) minus 3rd letter
27 Infidel moodily throttling sainted figure ELMO (saint)
hidden in [infid]EL MO[odily]
28 Vocal sound flourished by a piano FLAP FL (flourished) A P (piano)
( )* = anagram [ ] = omit < = reverse
Good stuff indeed.
Thanks for stepping in! Looks like I missed a good one.