Mephisto 2826 by Don Manley

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A very easy puzzle

Across
2 CRIMINATORY – CRI-MINATORY; CRI=Charles Rex 1 = monarch in Civil War; threatening=MINATORY; accusative is definition;
11 VEERING – VEE-RING; VEE=V; V-sign=Harvey Smith;
13 ELDIN – ELD-IN; of bygone age=ELD; fuel in Fife;
14 CORBEIL – C(ORB)EIL; to line=to CEIL; a missile;
15 ROUT – two meanings;
16 TAILLE – TA-ILL-E; TA=Territorial Army; old French tax;
17 RACIST – hidden reversed (p)RAC-I-ST(nargimmi);
19 HYMN – HYM(e)N;
21 BALLYRAG – B(ALLY)RAG;
23 DIDAPPER – (REP-PAD-ID all reversed); the White Rabbit;
26 DAAL – LA(A)D reversed; a pea;
28 VAMPER – V-AMPER(e);
29 IMPLEX – IMP-LEX;
32 PEER – PE(t)ER;
33 NEPALIS – (spaniel)*;
34 TARSI – TARS-I;
35 ZEOLITE – (fiz)Z-E(O)LITE;
36 DELITESCENT – DE(tile)*SCENT; hidden is definition;
 
Down
1 OVER-REDDING – maiden perhaps=OVER (cricket); reference Otis REDDING;
3 REDUCED – RE(DUCE)D;
4 IRITIC – I-(c)RITIC;
5 MINO – hidden (rainstor)M-IN-O(saka); Japenese mac;
6 INCH-TAPE – (cheap tin)*;
7 AZRAEL – A-Z-(LEAR reversed); Angel of Death;
8 TABI – TAB-I;
9 ONELY – (l)ONELY; Edmund=Spenser;
10 RAILMAN – Spooner’s MAIL-RAN;
12 GLENGARRIES – (large singer)*;
18 CLEVISES – CLEV(IS)ES; cliffs=CLEVES; U-shaped metal pieces;
20 SIAMESE – (emissaries – sir)*;
22 ROPER-IN – RO(PERI)N;
24 PRE-LET – (petrel)*;
25 IMPALE – I-M(P)ALE;
27 APPEL – (r)APPEL; fencing term for stamp of foot;
30 LARI – hidden (colonia)L-ARI(stocracy);
31 ATOC – A-TO-C; a skunk;

4 comments on “Mephisto 2826 by Don Manley”

  1. No real problems here, got most out without resorting to the dictionary with initial question marks next to MINO and IMPALE
  2. Only 5 recourses to aids, so not too difficult. Thanks to Jimbo for the blog and for flagging Mephistos as “easy”, etc. could you explain the connection between didappers and rabbits, for which you are now the major Google source!
      1. Thanks. And this from Wiktionary:

        didapper (plural didappers)

        1.A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and fresh waters, specifically a little grebe.
        2.(pejoratively) One who disappears for a time and suddenly reappears.

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