I remember doing this in one session, so it wasn’t too far to the right on the difficulty-o-meter. As one would expect, clear wordplay with a few crafty tricks in the clues.
Just got back from a DVD taping for the Found Footage Film Festival… some pretty funny stuff. Tired, and just slightly tipsy blogging, so difficulty factor 2.5
Away we go
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | HOSTELER: reversal of RELET,SOH |
| 6 | YAP(cur),P |
| 10 | ACER |
| 11 | BI,SECTOR |
| 13 | SPEARPOINT: anagram of PERSON and A TIP |
| 14 | SEDILIA: I,LID reversed in SEA |
| 16 | COACT: C in COAT |
| 18 | RHAPHE: |
| 19 | ED,DOES |
| 24 | MANITO |
| 25 | PLANAR: LAN |
| 27 | LAB,IS |
| 28 | UMBONAL: (ON,ALBUM)* |
| 29 | ECHINOIDEA: 0,IDEA(plan) after E,CH |
| 30 | THANEDOM: DO in (THE,MAN)* |
| 31 | NEAR: RAVEN reversed, missing V(very) |
| 32 | YANG: double def |
| Down | |
| 1 | HASSLED: ASS(idiot) in (HELD)* |
| 2 | SEEDY: SPEEDY without P(Prince) |
| 3 | TRAIT(touch),OR(gold) |
| 4 | LIPIDS: PI in LIDS – LID making a second appearance as a wordplay element |
| 5 | REICHIAN: (NICE,HAIR)* |
| 7 | ATTAPS: TAP(pierce, as in “tap a keg”) in ATS(serum) |
| 8 | PORCHETTA: (POACHER)* around T |
| 9 | PRATE: PIRATE without the 1 |
| 12 | SOARE: SOARED without D |
| 15 | EID EL-ADHA: (AHA,LADDIE)* |
| 17 | BED,A(about),SHED: |
| 20 | UNDOING: FUNDING missing the start, around 0 |
| 21 | COL,LARD |
| 22 | SA(salvation army),BEAN |
| 23 | RRUID: sounds like DREW, ID |
| 24 | MEMNON: MEN surrounding NO under M(1000) |
| 25 | PLATY: or PLATE-Y |
| 26 |
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Typo at 23D George – should be DRUID