A very easy puzzle that I raced through. Nothing to say really.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | OSSELET – (so steel)*; |
| 6 | ATTIC – (L)attic(E); |
| 10 | THARBOROUGH – T(HARBOR)OUGH; mispronounced thirdborough=old under-constable; |
| 11 | LEOTARD – leo-P-ard becomes leo-T-ard; |
| 12 | CNIDA – C-DIN-A all reversed; |
| 13 | BIOASSAY – B(I-O-ASS)AY; |
| 15 | GLADDON – GLAD-DON; |
| 17 | OWRIE – OWR(I)E; over in Oban=OWRE; chill; |
| 18 | BERTHE – hidden (mem)BER-THE(r); |
| 20 | RAFALE – RAF-ALE; |
| 22 | TEBET – TE(BE)T; who of my age can forget the Tet Offensive; |
| 26 | CANDIDA – CANDID-A; |
| 27 | REACTANT – RE(A-C)T-ANT; |
| 29 | IMPOT – I’M-POT; |
| 30 | ETRENNE – E(TREN)NE; even=ENE; flower=TREN(t); |
| 31 | CAPPELLETTI – CAP-PELLET-(IT reversed); pasta; |
| 32 | STEEN – NEETS reversed; a youngster Not in Employment Education or Training; |
| 33 | DEHISCE – (mechanised – man)*; gape=see; |
| Down | |
| 1 | OBLIGOR – OB-LIG-OR; party=jolly=LIG; |
| 2 | STEELWARE – (Archibald) Spooner for “We’ll stare”; |
| 3 | SHOFAR – how a drunk might say “so far”; |
| 4 | EATH – (h)EATH; reference Ted Heath; old word for simple; |
| 5 | EBRIOSE – (sober ie)*; |
| 6 | ARCADE – sounds like “ark aid”; |
| 7 | TONSURED – TON-SURE-D; |
| 8 | TUISM – T(r)UISM; |
| 9 | CHAYA – CH(AY)A; |
| 14 | ANHEDONIC – (had no nice)*; |
| 16 | DIASCOPE – SAID reversed – COPE; |
| 18 | BRANTLE – B-I-LE becomes B-RANT-LE; French dance (Nice=the city); |
| 19 | ETAGERE – ET(AGE)RE; |
| 21 | LATTEN – hidden (specia)L-ATTEN(tion); |
| 23 | BIONTS – BI(ON)TS; leg=ON (cricket); |
| 24 | ERICS – (crimes – m=male)*; |
| 25 | NAPPE – NAP-PE; |
| 28 | YETI – YET-I; |
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