I got most of the top half out without needing a dictionary, but the bottom half, and particularly the bottom left required a bit more poking, not helped by some wild “close, but no cigar” guesses from wordplay. If anyone has need of words such as WAOT, ALNAG or LAUCHE, they’re up for grabs.
Interesting grid shape – I think if you could solve the 12-letter entries, you could have a game of noughts and crosses before finishing the rest.
Away we go…
Across | |
---|---|
1 | ASS(fool),WAGE(hazard) |
8 | CHIV |
11 | COR,Y,ZA |
12 | RAM,SONS |
13 | MEDAU: hidden in shaME DAUghter |
14 | ALBERTS: (BARS,LET)* |
15 | A.RAN |
16 | BALNEOLOGIST: (GALLON,IS,TO,BE)* |
17 | CRESTON: REST(all others) in CON |
21 | ASHIVER: or AS HIVER |
24 | TEST,O |
25 | WETA: A,TEW reversed – TEW for worry was a new one to me |
26 | VERGLAS: (GRAVEL’S)* |
28 | ALANG: |
29 | MAM,MATE: MAM as a Guatemalan native was new to me |
31 | LORCHA: OR,CH in LA |
32 | SITH: two definitions, neither of which I knew – wasn’t Darth Vader one? |
33 | IDLESSE: hidden in paID LESS Exhibit |
Down | |
1 | AURA |
2 | SEA LARK: or SEAL ARK |
3 | SEMBLE: MB(doctor) in SELE(happiness) |
4 | WIS |
5 | AFORETHOUGHT: anagram of THE,AUTHOR,OF,G |
6 | GENT,0,0: GENTOO as a penguin was in a recent Spectator crossword, so it was still in the memory bank |
7 | HOME(in),OTHER(different),MAL(sickness) – nice charade for a fun word |
8 | CREAGH: RE,AG in CH |
9 | HYDRIA: (RIYADH)* |
10 | V,AUNT,ER |
17 | COTWALS: (LAW,SCOT)* |
18 | PENATES: ATE(Goddess) in PENS |
19 | A,S,TART |
20 | STANCH: double definition |
22 | STEARD: (TRADES)* |
23 | VOLANS: LO reversed in VANS |
27 | SERE: sounds like SEER |
30 | MOE: 0 in ME |
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