An easy puzzle, with the opening across clues going in straight away. About 40 minutes to solve.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | RISORGIMENTO – (rome riotings)*; 19th Century Italian unification movement – nice clue; |
| 9 | ORPHARION – OR-(P-HAR(d))-ION; seven stars=ORION; piano=P; most (of) difficult=HAR; substitute for a lute; |
| 11 | MALAGA – (A-GALA-M all reversed); sweet fortified dessert wine; |
| 12 | STRAFF – ST(R)AFF; rake with machine gun fire – WW1 term; |
| 13 | FIVES – two meanings 1=small numbers; 2=old word for vives=horse disease; also Eton game and child’s game with small stones; |
| 14 | ZITI – ZIT-I; I=Italy; pasta; |
| 15 | NITS – hidden reversed (sg)NITS(ah); |
| 16 | FOXE – FOXE(d); John Foxe 1517-1587 – wrote a book about martyrs, as you do; |
| 18 | CASUISTRY – (us racist)*-y; |
| 21 | LATESCENT – LATE-SCENT; |
| 25 | STAT – S-TAT; is=S; rag=TAT; contraction of photostat, photographic reproduction – forerunner of Xerox; |
| 26 | SPIE – SPI(c)E; ginger say=spice; about=c; |
| 27 | TSHI – (this)*; language better known as Thai; |
| 29 | INWIT – IN-WIT; popular=IN; |
| 30 | UKIYO-E – (you like – l=lecturer)*; Japanese art; |
| 31 | ORDEAL – (f)OR-DEAL; board (wood)=DEAL; |
| 32 | INERRABLE – (a berliner)*; a berliner is of course a doughnut, as JFK once learned; |
| 33 | PRESENTIMENT – PRESENT-I(ME)N-T; now=PRESENT; cops=gets; to=T; |
| Down | |
| 1 | ROMANCE – R(O-M)ANCE; bar=RANCE; |
| 2 | SPLATS – (ST-ALPS all reversed); quiet!=ST!; |
| 3 | RAGINI – RAGIN(g)-I; India=I (phonetic alphabet); Raga Ragini is Indian classical music; |
| 4 | GRAVESTONE – (veterans go)*; |
| 5 | MOTSER – (RE-S-TOM all reversed); tart=prostitute=TOM; lottery win for example; |
| 6 | NGAIOS – (saigon)*; trees; Ngaio is christian name of e.g Ngaio Marsh, crime writer; |
| 7 | TAFT – T-AFT; President William Taft 1857-1930, only President to swear in a later President; |
| 8 | OFFIE – OFFI(c)E; clubs=c (cards); slang for an offlicence; |
| 10 | RADIANT – R-(diana)*-T; |
| 12 | SETTERWORT – SETTER-W-O-RT; something left=nothing right=O-RT; |
| 17 | XENICAL – (inexcusably – buys)*; drug Orlistat – used to treat obesity; |
| 19 | STERLET – STER(n)-LET; small sturgeon; |
| 20 | VAHINE – VA(H)IN-(abus)E; term=end of; Polynesian woman; |
| 22 | AZIONE – A-Z(I)ONE; indeed=I; musical composition; |
| 23 | SBIRRI – S(BIRR)I; force=BIRR; Italian cops; |
| 24 | EPHEBE – hidden (st)EP-HE-BE(comes); |
| 25 | STUMP – S(T)UMP; tons=T; |
| 28 | SKYR – SKY-R; Icelandic soft cheese that resembles yogurt – sounds disgusting; |
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