Mephisto 2796 by Don Manley

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A pleasant middle of the road Mephisto with no sportsmen or women but still containing some balls

Across
1 LOBI – LOB-I; I=current (physics);
4 HOMALOID – HO-MA(LO)ID; Euclidean space;
10 IRENOLOGY – IRE-(YON reversed) surrounds LOG; that=YON; study of peace;
11 VERSO – hidden (co)VERS-O(ne);
12 DOUCETS – (does cut)*; not Ed Balls this week but cobblers from Dancer instead;
14 ANOURA – AN(O-UR)A; amphibians;
15 BRECHAM – BRE(CH)AM; a horse collar;
16 AMOS – AM(b)OS;
18 TANGHININ – (thinning + a)*; a from a(gent); a poison;
21 IGUANODON – I-GUANO-DON;
24 TUAN – (man)TUAN; Virgil was a Mantuan and it is the setting for Rigoletto; Malayan for “sir”;
26 HIP-GOUT – (I ought)* surrounds P=softly, gently;
28 CERUSE – C(E)RUSE;
29 RIM-SHOT – (hit or ms)*; jazz drummer hitting the rim of the drum;
30 EN,AMI – (I’M-AN-E) reversed (peverse=indicator); E from E(nemy); a French friend;
31 COTELETTE – CO(TE)LETTE; TE from TE(al); a French chop;
32 THRAWART – TH(RA)WART; crooked on the Clyde;
33 REAR – too meanings 1=back 2=old word for early;
 
Down
1 LIVE,BAIT – (viable)*-IT; drink=IT=Italian vermouth;
2 BERCEAU – (a bed cure – d)*; a French covered walkway;
3 INSECTA – (site can)*;
4 HOOCH – two meanings 1=a shout in the fling 2=the real Mackay;
5 OLD,MAN – Turkish robe=dolman then “sink” the “d”;
6 AGUNAH – A-GUN-AH; a deserted Hebrew woman;
7 ODEUM – ODE-MU (reversed);
8 INTROITUS – (trios unit)*; more usually female genitalia but in the C small print – an unfortunate name for an anthem;
9 DISA – DISA(bled); an orchid;
13 BROGUEISH – B(ROGUE)ISH;
17 SNOTTIER – TONS reversed-TIER;
19 INGENER – IN-(green)*; Waggledagger’s engineer;
20 NIOBATE – NI(O-BA)TE; O=old; BA=AB=sailor=salt reversed; a salt of niobic acid;
22 NO-SHOW – NOS-HOW;
23 DIETER – (tired)* surrounds E=energy;
25 ARMOR – (h)ARM-OR; armour in Alabama;
27 P-CELT – P(C)ELT; look under “P” in C;
28 CRIT – CR(ed)IT;

4 comments on “Mephisto 2796 by Don Manley”

  1. I can’t see now what I had in there, but I had something completely incorrect for 9 down that held me up for a long time.
  2. Thanks Jim for the blog- I found this tough, particularly the SW corner. Can I ask in 22d – I presume ‘how’ is that, so does restricted refer to the ‘nos’ sitting on top of the ‘how’?

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