Don Manley recently celebrated 50 years of published crosswords so best wishes to him (I will have to see 93 to get there), so congratulations to Don on that landmark!
I found the left half of this Mephisto far easier than the right hand side, where I needed a couple of runs to the dictionary to get started. Everything appears to be in order and I smacked myself on the head a few times when I realised the obvious I was overlooking (10 down being a prime example).
Away we go…
Across | |
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1 | SANHEDRIST: HE,DR,IS in SIST(Indian devout person) |
11 | BREESE: BREEDS without the D, then |
13 | HALF,PI,PE |
14 | AMY,TAL |
15 | LAHAR: Hidden – I was surprised to read in Chambers that it is of Javanese extraction, since I’ve heard it in Japan |
17 | MANITO: NIT(egg) in MAO Tse-Tung |
18 | IGARAPE: A,R(take) in 1 GAPE(chasm) |
20 | GENAL: ENA(a girl’s name) in G |
21 | LASSI: take both C’s off of CLASSIC |
24 | EN PRISE: take TER(territory) out of ENTERPRISE |
26 | AVOWAL: AVAL(of a grandparent) with O,W(weak) inside |
30 | TONEY: Saw it in Chambers with the definition “Fashionable” – didn’t know Michel NEY was a Napoleonic commander, and so Napoleon’s orders may be TO NEY |
31 | ACARUS: A CARPUS(wrist) without the P |
32 | AGUACATE: A(adult), CAT(be sick – throw up) in AGUE |
33 | REAVE: EVER reversed around A(Academy) |
34 | GNETUM: NET(clean, obsolete), in GUM |
35 | REICHSRATH: (CHERISH,ART)* |
Down | |
2 | ARAME: put it in CL(class) and you get CARAMEL |
3 | HEFTY: FT in HEY |
4 | E(Spain – IVR code), SPA,DA(knife) |
5 | DEILS: LIED reversed, then S(son) |
6 | REP,OMEN: Reminds me of one of my favorite movies with a completely kick-ass soundtrack |
7 | STEANE: (SEE,ANT)* |
8 | TACHINID: ACHIN’ in TID – I didn’t know TID for “mood” and was surprised it wasn’t signaled as a Scots word |
9 | ALBATA: BAT in ALA(of wings, hence external bones) |
10 | PET,ROLE,USE |
13 | HABILATORY: B,(TAILOR)* in HAY(dance) |
16 | MASON JAR: (NORA’S JAM) – probably easier for me than for most solvers, as I have three of them in my kitchen (one with honey, one with jam and one with moonshine). Very popular preserving device in the Eastern US |
19 | PELAGIC: GALE reversed in PIC |
22 | AVOSET: SET(group) under AVO |
23 | SWERVE: W in SERVE(answer meaning “serve the purpose of”) |
25 | PECANS: anagram of SPACEMAN without MA |
27 | WAUGH: three definitions – the novelist Evelyn Waugh (who was apparently friends with George Vanderbilt and visited Asheville on at least one occasion, his signature in the Biltmore guest book used to be one of the artifacts on the tour), a bark, and an expression of anger |
28 | P, |
29 | BUTUT: Desmond TUTU and B all reversed |
A note on 2752. The clue to 2D appears to have a flaw. Shouldn’t hold anybody up.
Has there beeen a confirmation about 2D today – I just started it and have an answer from definition that almost matches the wordplay, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Tim Moorey has a super-sneaky trick up his sleeve.