I found this one quite a challenge, particularly the top half – I stared in the bottom right and worked my way up. I was a little hampered by the final two clues not printing on the page (I usually print the Mephisto set to one US letter paper page).
As to be expected with a Don Manley puzzle, clear wordplay for unusual words, and there were unusual words in abundance here – I think KUDOS is the only one I have used in the context they are presented in here.
Away we go
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SCUFT: Sounds like ‘S CUFFED |
| 5 | SALTATO: TA in S,ALTO |
| 10 | CABRIO: c(speed of light), A BRIO |
| 11 | MAUNDY: UN(a),D in MAY |
| 12 | PLUM,BITE |
| 14 | TSABIAN: A,B in (SAINT)* |
| 15 | OTTO |
| 17 | ANGUIS |
| 18 | SIDEROSTAT: a cosmic mirror used in space telescopes. Here we go – DIS is Pluto (the God), reverse that, then EROS (an asteroid), TAT |
| 20 | MECONOPSES: NO(number) in COPSES after ME |
| 24 | KRU-MAN: RUM in KAN |
| 25 | KHOR: hidden |
| 27 | CREDENT: a RED CENT with the RED in the middle |
| 29 | DESPISAL: SIPS reversed in DEAL |
| 30 | OCTOUR: ROUT,CO all reversed |
| 31 | GOWPEN: a longish definition then GO(become), W(weak) and PEN |
| 32 | STARNIE: S(sun),I.E. over TARN(mountain lake) |
| 33 | S,TYRE: did myself no favors by living in North America for nearly 20 years and writing STIRE in first |
| Down | |
| 1 | SCHTOOM: CH in MOOTS reversed |
| 2 | CAMSTEERIE: STEER,I in CAME |
| 3 | U-BOATS: (SO,A,TUB)* |
| 4 | FRA,B |
| 5 | SOL,ACE: didn’t know that meaning of SOLACE |
| 6 | LAMINOSE: (SEMOLINA)* |
| 7 | TUBA: A,BUT reversed, an organ stop |
| 8 | ANI,CUT |
| 9 |
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| 13 | TRIACONTER: (RIOT,CERTAIN)* |
| 16 | AD,NATION |
| 19 | TAR,TIN,E |
| 21 | CUES,TA |
| 22 | PA,RAGE |
| 23 | SHEEPY: a slurred version of SEEPY |
| 24 | KUDOS: anagram of SUDOKU less the U at the end |
| 26 | SPUR |
| 28 | DAW, |
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