I found this one a very rewarding slog, took three sittings to complete and the last one was an extensive cross-referencing of Chambers to sort out the NE corner. As usual with the Mephisto, a lot of new words and phrases, but enough clever wordplay to make them guessable.
| Across |
| 1 |
EVERY LAST – (try leaves)*, nice anagram, and we’re back to Mephistos just telling us how many words, which can make anagrams trickier |
| 7 |
PEH – HEP(=with it) backwards. A reason to keep Chambers handy, I was so unsure this was wrong I had crossed it out to write in “Phi”. But it is indeed the 15th letter of the arabic alphabet. |
| 10 |
AUXESIS – X in (AUSSIE)*. 2 Down was “exaggeration” giving the definition |
| 11 |
ARENA = (AN,ERA)<=. An being “if” in an old style. This should have been easier, but it was one of the last two to go in. |
| 13 |
OPHIURAN – (UP,HAIR,ON)*. A starfish (thanks, Chambers) |
| 16 |
ELGIN MARBLES – sculptures removed from the Parthenon. FOr a long time one of them was in my little town of Asheville, North Carolina. |
| 18 |
YARDS(=tall glasses)ALE – this one struck me as awkwardly clued, especially with sale being part of the answer. |
| 19 |
CORDLESS – now this is some clever wordplay! SELD(=rarely once) reversed in CORS, where a cor is a Hebrew measure, the homer, 10 ephahs. Nice one, Mike Laws. |
| 24 |
AS,AN(n)A – any of the positions taught in yoga. Another new word. |
| 25 |
E(TIO=uncle)LATE – Tio made another appearance recently, I believe. |
| 26 |
STOKE – OK in (SET)* |
| 27 |
TEN(d) – unsure of “awarded honour” here, maybe an acronym? |
| 28 |
S,WEE,T(N)ESS |
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| Down |
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| 2 |
EXAGGERATION – (EGG,AXE)<=,RATION(=quota). More tricksy fun, needed to get 10ac. |
| 3 |
RE(=note),JOIN(D)ER – I liked this wordplay too, nice clue. |
| 4 |
LIPOME – PO(=river) in LIMA. A fatty tumor. Sounds unpleasant. |
| 5 |
ASH,LAR – lar is the god of a house, an ashlar is a dressed stone used in building a wall |
| 6 |
SAIL – my last clue to go in, and it was really a case of looking up letter combinations in Chambers. SAIL means to project, and LIAS is the Lower Jurassic. |
| 7 |
PERE LACHAISE – the famous Paris cemetery. I knew this from a good friend who studies French Philosophy. Maurice Mearleau-Ponty is also buried there. |
| 8 |
(t)E(NAME)LLING – cute clue, well-hidden definition |
| 9 |
H,AND,SET – the cordless was hiding elsewhere |
| 12 |
SILHOUETTE – anagram of THE,OUTLI(n)ES |
| 15 |
OBS,ESSION(=(NOISES*) |
| 17 |
AC,QUEST – nice to see “current” not be I for a chance. |
| 20 |
ETHANE (hidden) – I like it when there’s a few nice easy chemicals or elements |
| 21 |
SO,FT(=Financial Times),IE – I liked this clue as well, fun construction. |
| 25 |
ALAS – SALA(d) reversed. |
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