Mephisto 2749 – Tim Moorey

I’m posting this just a scratch early (hopefully – if I get it done before boarding time) at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Hooray for airports with free wi-fi (I could post from my phone but it’s a hunt-and-peckstravaganza). Speaking of peckstravaganza, this is one of the more blokey crosswords I’ve ever done, with a willy, a todger, and the word riglin, whose definition in Chambers is enough to make any male cringe. Let’s see if we can get through it…

Away we go…

Across
1	ALF: FLAN reversed without the N – is this referring to Gordon Ramsey as being an oaf/
3	WHITE HASS: HAS in WHITE’S
10	GEARE: (AGREE)*
12	SHO(w),GUNS
13	NO(t),VITIATE(corrupt)
16	LAVS: first letters in Like Audio, and Very Special
17	MOB,LO,G
18	(f)AERIES
19	WILLY-NILLY: if you lost your manhood you’d have NILLY WILLY
21	SANNYASINS: (ANY,SIN)* in SANS
25	AT OUTS: Or A, TOUT’S
26	TODGER: G in TOD(bush), ER – chopper being a penis
27	ME,ME: if you’re on facebook you see these all the time.
30	BRICK,BATS
31	(t)OLD,NICK
32	IAMBI: hidden
33	DOS PASSOS: DO SOS(urgent appeal) around SPAS
Down
1	AGNAME: A,GAME with an extra N
2	FAVE: F for W in WAVE(white horse)
4	HETE: E in (THE)*
5	ISINGLASS: IS IN GLASS, with Muscovite meaning mica
6	EOTHEN: anagram of (ON,THE,GAME) minus GAM(leg)
7	AU,MAIL
8	SNIVELLER: VIN reversed in SELLER
9	SSAS: hidden
11	RIGLIN: RIG then NIL reversed
14	D(avid),ON,A,TELL(state),0
15	HAYSTACKS: AY in H,STACKS(a great deal or a lot)
20	IN,DAB,A
22	NOMADS: (SO,DAMN)*
23	Y,T-TRIA(l) – I have a small bottle of this at work, it can be used in a superconductivity lab
24	PRUSIK: (RISK,UP)*
27	MOO,D
28	SKIO: OIKS reversed
29	GAMS: GAMES without the E