Reasonable middle-of-the-road puzzle which gave no particular cause for comment.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | FROW – FROW(ning); |
| 4 | LEMPIRAS – L(EMPIR(e))AS; supreme control=empire; the Spanish-speaking=LAS; CA capital=money in Honduras; |
| 10 | RUFIYAA – (fury)* surrounds I – AA; rock=AA; more money, this time in the Maldives; |
| 12 | RUEDA – RUED-A(affair); a dance from Cuba; |
| 13 | ABIDANCES – A-BI(t)-DANCES; springs=DANCES; from dwellings is definition; |
| 15 | ECCLES – two meanings 1=Ecclesiastes (Bible); 2=town in Greater Manchester famous for cakes and Goon Show character; |
| 16 | TEAING – TEA(ch)ING; child=ch; necking Rosy; |
| 17 | FERE – frank=free then reverse “re” in the middle; old word for pal; |
| 19 | ALTERNATIVE – AL(TERN-A-T)IVE; |
| 21 | PERSONALIST – (alone strips)*; note-writer and follower of Personalism, a philosophy that owes much to Kant; |
| 24 | ELSE – (Cambridg)E-LSE; definition is other; |
| 25 | DEANER – DE(AN)ER; AN from A(sia)N; old shilling=bob; |
| 27 | SATORI – (I-ROTAS all reversed); Buddhist enlightenment; |
| 29 | HUSBANDRY – (my hard buns – m=money)*; |
| 30 | DEMIC – DEMI-C(orpse); of people; |
| 31 | EATERIE – EAT-ERIE; |
| 32 | ESPRESSO – ES(PRESS)O; ESO from (s)E(s)S(i)O(n); |
| 33 | ROED – RO(am)ED; |
| Down | |
| 1 | FRAUTAGE – (fear a tug)*; loaded=drunk; old word for cargo; |
| 2 | RUBLE – RU(B)LE; a bit more foreign money; |
| 3 | WIDGIE – WI(D)G-IE; 1950s girl with an eye for fashion in Fremantle; |
| 4 | LYAM – MAY-L all reversed; lead=leash=LYAM; |
| 5 | MACERANDUBA – MACE-RAN-DUB-A; Brazilian tree; |
| 6 | PRECUT – (picture – i)*; |
| 7 | REPLEVINS – REP(LE-VIN)S; writs; |
| 8 | ADHERES – A-D(HERE)S; document signed=DS; |
| 9 | SABS – S-(n)ABS; |
| 11 | ANAGNORISES – A-NAG(NO-RISE)S; penny-dropping moment; |
| 14 | DATE-STAMP – D(A-TEST)AMP; |
| 18 | ESTRAYED – EST-R(AYE)D; estuary=EST; way=road=RD; lost is definition; |
| 20 | L-PLATES – LP(LATE)S; Labour Party=LP; society=S; |
| 22 | SPRUCE – two meanings 1=trim 2=Christmas tree perhaps; |
| 23 | LANNER – L(A-N)NER; LNER=old home of Mallard and Flying Scotsman; a falcon; |
| 26 | EYRIE – EY(RI)E; RI from R(imin)I; |
| 27 | SADE – S(h)ADE; letter from Hebrew alphabet; |
| 28 | JATO – O-TAJ reversed; of=O; crown=TAJ; preposterous=reversal indicator; powerful (jet-assisted) take-off is definition; |
Edited at 2016-11-15 09:20 am (UTC)