Mephisto 2992 – by Don Manley

ACROSS

4 Instrument of torture making long marks externally (9)
SCARPINES; SCAR(PINE)S;

11 Adult in basic dwelling no longer arrogant (4)
HAUT; HA(U)T;

12 Physical problem you finally found in nasty cage with pain as before (8)
AGUE-CAKE; (cage)* contains (yo)U – AKE;

13 A device that’d stop you backing horse (4)
ARAB; A-BAR reversed;

14 Tincture applied by artist — odd for Raeburn? (4)
ORRA; OR-RA;

16 Our stairs tricky? It’s the knee muscle (9)
SARTORIUS; (our stairs)*;

17 Wild beast in stories about love (4)
ANOA; AN(O)A;

18 Musical instrument without note for tuning (5)
SANSA; SANS-A;

19 Marine mammal left in high water floundering (10, two words)
RIGHT,WHALE; (high water)* contains L;

22 Language of “Abide With Me” author brings converts (10)
PROSELYTES; PROSE-LYTE’S; Abide With Me is hymn written by Henry LYTE;

26 Scottish storyteller and humorist entertaining English (5)
LEEAR; LE(E)AR;

27 Disciple looking back around American temple (4)
NAOS; SON reversed contains A=American;

30 See one stroll around rendering a form of verse (9)
STORNELLO; (one stroll)*;

31 Slouch about, having lost heart in muggy Scottish weather (4)
MOCH; MO(o)CH;

32 Robbery has bishop confronting convict (4)
BLAG; B-LAG;

33 Heaped volume — a medicated paste to be spread about (8)
ACERVATE; A-CER(V)ATE;

34 Asian meat dish Greek characters sent back (4)
SATE; ETAS reversed;

35 Boy faces difficulty with adult line of poem (9)
SONNETARY; SON-NET-A-RY;

DOWN

1 Buyer gets a third off drink (6)
CHASER; (pur)CHASER;

2 Vehicle with excellent emperor carrying British cop abroad (10)
CARABINERO; CAR-A(B)I-NERO;

3 Title of respect accepted by sailor, say, in foreign language (6)
TUAREG; T(U)AR-EG;

5 With temperature dropping, old printer gets wig (5)
CAXON; CAX(t)ON;

6 Disturbing behaviour from hag growling (5)
AGGRO; hidden (h)ag-gro(wling);

7 Game very good — gosh, it makes money! (6)
RUPIAH; RU-PI-AH;

8 Chum that’s certain to be tied up in study (7)
PERUSAL; PAL contains SURE reversed;

9 A king entering square in small opening (6)
NARINE; N(A-R)INE; 9 is the square of 3;

10 Water tub knocked over in parliamentary house (6)
SEANAD; SEA-DAN reversed;

15 See a troll wandering round edge of forest with beaky projection (10)
ROSTELLATE; (see a troll)* contains (fores)T;

20 Left-winger on the up — this person’s distorted, old-fashioned (7)
TORTIVE; TROT reversed – I’VE;

21 Animals together no longer, everything going topsy-turvy (6)
LLAMAS; SAM-ALL reversed; SAM=old word for together

22 Bad carpenter lacking art producing puncture once (6)
PERCEN; (carpenter – art)*;

23 Winter vehicle about to get covered in slimy stuff (6)
SNO-CAT; SNO(CA)T;

24 Like star losing head, becoming sucker (6)
TELLAR; (s)TELLAR;

25 Monster runs off into hovel generating smoke (6)
STOGEY; ST(OG(r)E)Y; cheap US cigar;

28 A female educated to make porcelain (5)
ARITA; A-RITA;

29 Musical performance lacking extremes — evensong enough for me? (5)
ONCER; (c)ONCER(t); someone who attends church once each Sunday;