A reasonably smooth solve this week, perhaps due to some relatively uncomplicated wordplay in parts, and generally more accessible vocabulary than some weeks. Still there were a few to check in Chambers, and 15dn beat me entirely, though it seems tractable enough once one knows the answer!
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | INTERSPACE – (RENT* + SPA) in ICE. |
| 11 | STROBIC – ROB in STIC[k]. |
| 12 | STROOKE – OK in STORE*. |
| 13 | SMIRR – RIMS< + R. |
| 14 | TRENDY – END in TRY. |
| 16 | ODYSSEAN – (YES AND SO)*. |
| 18 | UNSAY – S in (U + NAY). |
| 19 | LITANY – LIT + ANY. |
| 20 | MIOTIC – 0 in (MI + TIC). |
| 22 | DIRAC – (S + ARID)<. |
| 24 | ENMESHED – ENME[r] + SHED. |
| 26 | PELOTA – LOT in PEA. |
| 28 | TREAT – TR + EAT. |
| 29 | IMPERIL – IMPERI[a]L. |
| 30 | AUSTRAL – STAR* in [h]AUL. |
| 31 | PEACOCKERY – ((A + CO) in PECKER) + Y. |
| Down | |
| 1 | INSTRUMENTAL – IN + STRUM + NEAT* + L. |
| 2 | NATRON – N + [p]ATRON. |
| 3 | THREESOME – T + (SEER< in HOME). |
| 4 | ROOD – hom. of “rude”. |
| 5 | PTERYLAE – ([g]ET PLAYER)*. |
| 6 | ARSIS – [appe]ARS IS[olated]. |
| 7 | C0MESTIBLES – COMES + (B in TILES). |
| 8 | FIRMAN – FIR + MAN. |
| 9 | ACRONYCHALLY – (CRONY + CHA) in ALLY. |
| 10 | CONCATENATE – (CA + TEN + A) in CONTE. |
| 15 | REARHORSE – REAR + HORS + E. |
| 17 | DOCHMIAC – (C = AIM<) in DOC. |
| 21 | IMBRUE – U in [t]IMBRE. |
| 23 | ANTIAR – A in (ANTI + R). |
| 25 | SUTRA – S + UT + RA. |
| 27 | EPIC – E-PIC. |