I have less time than usual this week as my wife is hors de combat and I’m shopping, cooking, washing, etc. So I’ve had to biff 23A and would appreciate help to understand the clue. (Problem now solved thanks to Peter B). Other than that no problems with a steady middle of the road offering.
| Across |
| 1 |
HAWM – HA(W)M; lounge about; |
| 5 |
CAMOGIE – C(AM)OG-IE; cheat=COG; Irish game; |
| 11 |
ARPENT – A-R-PENT; enclosed=PENT; area of land; |
| 12 |
AWARN – A(WAR)N; |
| 13 |
SIMPATICO – (it companions – non)*; |
| 15 |
GEMATRIA – GEM-ATRIA; means of interpretation; |
| 16 |
INTIS – hidden (skinfl)INT-IS(n’t); old currency; |
| 18 |
MANA – MAN(I)A; |
| 19 |
SITTELLA – S(IT)TELLA(r); Oz bird; |
| 22 |
CULTRATE – CULT-RATE; |
| 23 |
WELS – WELS(h); “fish” is definition; thanks to Peter B for this; |
| 25 |
VIGIA – VI(GI)A; warning of danger; |
| 27 |
DALESMEN – D(ALES-M)EN; |
| 29 |
ESOTERICA – (a coteries)*; |
| 30 |
AINEE – AIN(tr)EE; TR=Turkey; old word for female; |
| 31 |
KEASAR – K-E(ASA)R; Solomon’s son=ASA; |
| 32 |
WET,BIKE – KI(B)T reversed within WEE; |
| 33 |
MINK – MIN(s)K; sun=S; |
| |
| Down |
| 1 |
HASHISH – HAS(HIS)H; grass=dope; |
| 2 |
ARIAN – two meanings; |
| 3 |
MEPHITIS – MEPH(isto)-IT-IS; |
| 4 |
KNAG – sounds like “nag”; |
| 6 |
ANIMALLY – A-NIM-ALLY; game=NIM; |
| 7 |
MACAW – M(imic)-A-CAW; |
| 8 |
GALRAVAGE – GAL(R)A-V-AGE; knees up in Kirkcaldy; |
| 9 |
IRKING – IR-KING; |
| 10 |
ENSA – ENS-A(musement); being=ENS; unfairly known by troops as Every Night Something Awful; |
| 14 |
ATTOLLENT – A-T(TOLL)ENT; raising is definition; |
| 17 |
SLUMMOCK – S(LUM)MOCK; |
| 18 |
MARIGRAM – MAR(GI reversed)RAM; record of tide; |
| 20 |
SEAMARK – SEAM-ARK; |
| 21 |
BEANIE – (noticeable – clot)*; |
| 24 |
ISSEI – IS-SEI; whale=SEI; Japanese immigrant to US; |
| 26 |
INCAN – I(N)CAN; |
| 27 |
DRAW – WARD reversed; |
| 28 |
NEEM – hidden reversed (ga)ME-EN(joyed); a tree; |
Today’s appears to be rather tough as well.