I got held up a bit in the top right and the middle left, and have one or two wordplay quibbles, which the hive mind may be able to help out with. In case I have an error in here, I’m going to be out of town on Saturday night and Sunday so this is a scheduled post, and I may not be able to correct promptly. Check in the comments!
Away we go…
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | QALAMDAN: NADA, Q reversed surrounding LAM(leather, thrash) |
| 7 | AS IS: the right half of EMPHASIS |
| 10 | LIEUTENANT: in the US, this sounds like LOO TENANT |
| 11 | ITERANT: ITINERANT missing IN |
| 13 | POIS: French for pea, Hawaiian for taro mush |
| 14 | ASH,CAN |
| 15 | SMITTEN: reversal of NET, TIM’S |
| 16 | TWANK: SWANK with S replaced by T |
| 19 | RHONDDA: ADD,NO,HR all reversed |
| 21 | UTOPIST: clear from the definition but it took me a while to figure out the wordplay – there are apparently two islands called UIST, inside which you put TOP |
| 23 | NOWED: knotted – anagram of DOWN, |
| 24 | TO-BRUSD’: TOD(fox) carrying BRUS |
| 26 | DUENDE: DUE with END inside |
| 28 | SECS: sounds like SEX |
| 30 | STOLLEN: TOLL inside SEN |
| 31 | STEVEDORED: (DROVE)* inside STEED – clever definition, LAST meaning cargo (definition 4 in Chambers) |
| 32 | TIDE: double-def, think of anythingTIDE for the festival |
| 33 | CHEDDITE: an all-in-one – CITE surrounding HE and D |
| Down | |
| 1 | QUIP: take the first letter from EQUIP |
| 2 | ASTOMATOUS: without a mouth – A, SUS surrounding TOMATO |
| 3 | AIRSTOP: (TO,PARIS)* |
| 4 | MEANT: MEAT(game, think hunting) containing N |
| 5 | DUNKER: DRUNK(whistled) missing the R, then ER |
| 6 | N,EUSTON |
| 7 | ANKH: KHAN with the two halves swapped |
| 8 | SACCADE: reversal of E, DACCA’S |
| 9 | STINKARD: DRATS reversed surrounding INK(press coverage) |
| 12 | CAN,DESCENT |
| 15 | STUNDIST: I think this is NUTS reversed, then ‘D for LORD, IS, T |
| 17 | LOWERED: remove the first letters from FLOWER BED |
| 18 | MIDDLE C: since the middle letter of PUCCINI is a C |
| 20 | NURSLED: NURSED surrounding L |
| 22 | TOE,TOE |
| 25 | BOORD: BROOD with the R moved down |
| 27 | NAVE: EVAN reversed |
| 29 | SNEE: SEE (phonetic C, close to B) around |
I thought 10A weak and didn’t like 21A. The two islands are North and South UIST which are joined by a causeway – they are known locally as the UISTS. The clue would be better for UTOPISTS
Other than that a reasonable puzzle
A few I didn’t understand, so thanks for the explanations. I thought 15ac was a reversal of NETT, I’M… and I wondered where the S came from!
Edited at 2015-11-22 12:33 pm (UTC)