A very straightforward puzzle that left me plenty of time to concentrate upon AZED’s Christmas Special. Now we be farmin’….
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | MICROBUS – buggy type=microbe then change E=English to US=American; iconic Volkswagen Type 2 camper van; |
| 6 | BOLL – two meanings 1=measure of grain 2=swelling; |
| 10 | DONARIES – DON-ARIES; put on=DON; from donarium – where offerings were made in the temple; |
| 11 | MESSIDOR – MESS-I’D-OR; the 10th month from mid-June to mid-July; |
| 12 | AKEE – hidden-1 (fruitc)AKE-E(vidently); an apple; |
| 13 | MATILY – (formality minus for)*; |
| 14 | BANISH – BAN(k)-(his)*; |
| 16 | NEBEL – hidden-2 (o)NE-BEL(eagured); Hebrew harp but also German for fog as in wartime Nacht und Nebel policy; |
| 18 | RED,LEICESTER – (I ELDER reversed)-CE-STER(n); cheese originally made from surplus milk (coloured with carrot juice) after Stilton quota had been filled – nice smoked; |
| 20 | SUPERNACULUM – (nuclea rumpus)*; draining the glass or bottle; |
| 26 | WIPES – (s)WIPES; |
| 28 | TELE-AD – (elated)*; |
| 29 | THRAWN – (wrath + n)*; n from (ma)N; twisted in Tain; |
| 30 | OLEA – O-LEA; the olive tree; |
| 31 | TAIVERED – (diver at e)*; E from (div)E; wandered aimlessly like a vagabond; |
| 32 | COURANTE – COUR(A-N)T-E(njoy); N=knight (chess); Baroque dance of the French Court; |
| 33 | HIST – (w)HIST; |
| 34 | STENOSED – STE(NOS)ED; |
| Down | |
| 1 | MUMMERSET – (S)UMMER-(M)ET as Spooner would have said it; imaginary stereotyped west country accent as practiced by grockles, me dears; |
| 2 | COSTED – CO-STED; what it is beyond civil servants to do properly; |
| 3 | RISIBLE – RIS(I-BL)E; important library=British Library=BL; break camp=RISE; |
| 4 | BODYLINE – BODY-LINE; controversial bowling tactic adopted by England in 1932 to counter the brilliance of Don Bradman. It caused considerable ill-will and was stopped in 1935 by giving additional powers to the umpires but the rift in relationships between England and Australia continued up until WW11; |
| 5 | SARAPE – E-PARAS reversed; Mexican shawl; |
| 6 | BRANK – B-RANK; |
| 7 | OIKIST – O(I)KIST; coffin=KIST; Greek hero cult found in colonial occupation such as Sicily; |
| 8 | LEESE – hidden-3 reverse (th)ESE-EL(ections); |
| 9 | MEAN – ME(g)AN; |
| 15 | HERMANDAD – HER(MAN)DAD; association of Castilian vigilantes; |
| 17 | SCAWTITE – S(C-A-WT)ITE; carbon=C; silicate based mineral; |
| 19 | SUPREMO – SU(P-RE)MO; |
| 21 | PILEUS – PILE-US; hair=PILE; useless=US; cap cloud found above erupting volcano; |
| 22 | RIATAS – S(A)TAIR reversed; are=A; lariats but better known as a cucumber and yoghurt sauce used to cool hot curry; |
| 23 | LEARNS – L-EARNS; |
| 24 | TELOI – hidden-4 alternate letters T(h)E-(f)L(o)O(z)I(e); ones ultimate goal in a process; |
| 25 | PEART – PE-ART; |
| 27 | SWEE – S-WEE; small son=S; small=WEE; swing in Sutherland; |
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