I solved this on a plane on my way back from San Diego on Thursday. I had Bradfords, but no Chambers – I managed to get everything but 30 (figured the wordplay, but couldn’t confirm the definition). Once I got started on this it filled up pretty steadily from left to right. Strangely enough an anagram (20 across) was my last one in.
This also printed weirdly, but I was at a hotel printer so not using my preferred printing browser (firefox).
Away we go
Across | |
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1 | DE,CAMERON: I guess the DE is from ED Miliband reversed? |
10 | PUM |
11 | COROT: O in COURT without U |
12 | OSTENT: many people would be covered by an OS TENT |
14 | ARMURE: RUM in ERA, all reversed |
15 | MAINS: a home farm |
16 | MAT,Y |
17 | A,LP,HA: HA is hoc anno |
19 | SINGLES,EATER |
20 | REDEMPTORIST: (RE-IMPORTED)*,ST |
25 | O,CHER |
28 | ATOC: hidden |
29 | JULEP: JUMP with the M replaced by LE |
30 | S,IS,SOO |
31 | AB,LUSH |
32 | TAR,OK |
33 | T,WEE,ST: T coming from the end of markeT |
34 | CEANOTHUS: OCEAN with the O moved to the end, THUS |
Down | |
1 | DROMOS: compound anagram of WORLD-FAMOUS less AWFUL |
2 | CUTIS: I in CUTS |
3 | A,MEN,AGES |
4 | ECTYPE: EC being the square mile |
5 |
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6 | OCREAE: (ARE)* in O,CE |
7 | TRUANT: RU in TANTRUM without the RUM |
8 | P,OR,TRESSES |
9 | STEYER: Y in STEER |
13 | SALIENTIAN: ALIEN(offensive) in (ANT,IS)* |
18 | BARRULET: RULE(standard) in B,ART |
20 | RE,A,STY |
21 | DOOSRA: S in DOOR,A – an off-spinner that breaks the other way – I remember Saqlain Mushtaq taking a lot of wickets with this when it was very rare |
22 | MO,POKE |
23 | TH,RAWN: RAWN here is an alternative for ROWEN |
24 | TOPHUS: I’m pretty sure that’s the answer, but I don’t get the US part – I can see TOP,H |
26 | C,HOT,A |
27 | FLUSH: Spenserian bird and hand in cards |
I think your missing bit of TOPHUS is “one”: under “us” Chambers has “(in editorial and Royal use) one, oneself”.