Apologies for the lateness of this report. This was a fairly tough Mephisto from Mike Laws, taking me about 70 minutes.
| Across |
| 1 |
SELF – 2 meanings |
| 10 |
URAL-ALTAIC – (call it aura)* – wasted ages looking for something ending =lalia, based on glossolalia = the ‘giftof tongues’ |
| 12 |
TRISULA – ((a)ustrali(a))* – the trident of Siva |
| 14 |
XENOGRAFT – I can’t see the wordplay here |
| 16 |
CRAWLY = “Crawley” |
| 17 |
LAV(R)A – cells of monks. A main tourist sight of Kiev is the Pechersk Lavra or Caves Monastery |
| 19 |
ASS(e.g.)AI – ASSAI = very in Italian and music |
| 24 |
ERUC=curé rev.,A |
| 27 |
VIS,HNUIS=(I shun)*,M=Mike |
| 31 |
CHE(E,KINE)SS |
| 32 |
ARRASENE = (re Arsena(l))* – an embroidery material |
| |
| Down |
| 1 |
S,UIT=out in Dutch,CASE |
| 2 |
LAC(TAS=sat rev.)E |
| 3 |
F,LAX,WEN=new rev.,CH. |
| 6 |
TAI,GLE=leg* |
| 7 |
DIS = Sid rev., ref Sid James |
| 8 |
WOLF=flow rev.,R.A.,MITE |
| 15 |
RA(BATMEN)T – something to do with a coincidence of planes |
| 18 |
A(NAPAES = (sea Pan) rev.),T |
| 22 |
SA(r)NIES – a watery combo of blood, pus and serum |
| 26 |
(n)ESSIE = dim. of Esther in the First Names list in C. |
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