A puzzle of average difficulty that is just missing a “J” to be a pangram. I liked 6D.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SANDPIPER – S-AND-PIPER; section=S; once used in the daily as a supposed homophone for “sandpaper”; |
| 11 | BLAZAR – B-LAZAR; leper=LAZAR; a very bright active quasar so named by Edward Spiegel; |
| 12 | REACTS – RE(A)CT’S; a reference to shares “reacting” by falling after rising due to profit taking; |
| 13 | BISH – BISH(op); |
| 14 | SPUNKIES – S(PUN)KIES; |
| 15 | ESTOCS – SCOTS-E reversed; E from E(dinburgh); short swords; |
| 16 | MEDAU – (maude)*; faddish female fulfilment; |
| 17 | SIDEARM – SI(DEAR)M; SIM=simulation as in SIM-GAME; |
| 19 | CALPACK – CK surrounds ALPAC(a); CK from C(hec)K; a cap; |
| 24 | ASARUMS – A(SARUM)S; ginger roots; |
| 26 | LIQUIDS – L-I-QUIDS; |
| 28 | ILLTH – I(LL)T-H; being poor (under ill/illness in C – a word surely worth an entry of its own?); |
| 30 | SAFEST – SAFE-ST; peter=criminal’s slang for a safe (also peterman, a safe blower); |
| 31 | BE,WARY,OF – (a few byro)*; |
| 32 | TAHA – A-HAT reversed; a weaver; |
| 33 | ULEXES – UL(EX)ES; rubber trees=ULES; gorse; |
| 34 | PLATAN – PL-A-TAN; the plane tree; |
| 35 | YESTEREVE – YES-TER-EVE; territory=TER: |
| Down | |
| 2 | ALISMA – AL(IS)MA; essence=ALMA; water plant; |
| 3 | NASTALIQ – (as latin)*-Q; Persian writing; |
| 4 | DZHOS – DZ-HOS; cattle; |
| 5 | PASCHAL – P(A-SCH)AL; |
| 6 | PRUSIKS – SKIS-U(R)P all reversed; climbs by using a mounaineering rope sling; clever clue; |
| 7 | RAKEES – SEEK-A-R(um) all reversed; |
| 8 | ACID – A(C)ID; |
| 9 | STEARD – (trades)*; old word (veteran) for steered; |
| 10 | ASSUMPSIT – (as it’s)* surrounds SUMP; legal action; |
| 15 | EXCALIBUR – E(X-C-A-LIB)UR; as=A; vote=X; about=circa=C; Europe=EUR; King Arthur’s sword; |
| 18 | ACULEATE – A-(clue)*-ATE; first-class=A; pointed; |
| 20 | CADDYSS – CADDY’S-S; see caddis-2 in C; |
| 21 | PARAFLE – (earflap)*; |
| 22 | VILELY – V-I-LELY; |
| 23 | EUTAXY – sounds like “U-TAXI”; |
| 25 | MOSHAV – MOS(t)-HAV(e); |
| 27 | IFTAR – IF-TAR; Muslim meal; |
| 29 | LWEI – (th)E surrounded by (wil)*; wil from wil(d); rhino=money; Angolan monetary unit; |
22dn was first in because I had just done the 19 July Jumbo (1101) where 4dn is an almost identical clue.