I did most of this in one fairly short sitting, but the top left was largely empty. Took quite a bit of poking and prodding to get the last few into place.
Near the end I had to smile as the answer to 3 down became apparent. I am going to a conference in New Orleans next week (indeed if you follow the daily blog, mine for March 22 is liekely to be written from a hotel room on the last night of the conference.
Definitions in the clues are underlined.
Away we go…
| Across | |
| 1 | Tiny amount from bank one dumped in vehicle (6) |
| BUBKIS – BK(bank), I inside BUS | |
| 5 | Navy game reveals gullible person, first to last (6) |
| UCKERS – SUCKER(gullible person) with the S moved to the end | |
| 10 | What could make ape itchier are clusters of leaves (11) |
| PERICHAETIA – anagram of APE,ITCHIER then A(are) | |
| 11 | Wild vegetable finally discovered in country, growing in rubbish (7) |
| RUDERAL – last letters of wilD vegetablE inside RURAL | |
| 14 | Revolutionary given to drinking becomes chatterer as before (6) |
| CHEWET – CHE(revolutionary that we haven’t seen for a while), WET(given to drinking) | |
| 15 | Secretive person no longer hearing — good person locked in (6) |
| OYSTER – OYER(trial, hearing) with ST inside | |
| 17 | Refusal, for example, to continue after any changes (6) |
| NAYSAY – SAY(for example) after an anagram of ANY | |
| 18 | River joins ocean — payment demanded from one perching here (8, two words) |
| SEAT RENT – river TRENT with SEA | |
| 19 | US lawman giving attention to president initially (4) |
| Wyatt EARP – EAR(attention), P(resident) | |
| 21 | Food from cake shop cut the wrong way (4) |
| BUNS – SNUB(cut) reversed | |
| 23 | Opposition with street being demolished, dwelling gone (8) |
| RESIANCE – RESISTANCE(opposition) with ST removed | |
| 26 | Car hit by fly went in a bit of a circle (6) |
| ARCKED – anagram of CAR, then KED(fly) | |
| 29 | Sign of damage from wind — game restricted (6) |
| BRUISE – BISE (Swiss wind), with RU inside | |
| 30 | Announcer introducing goddess to lord (6) |
| HERALD – HERA(goddess) with LD | |
| 31 | Language from some of those so thoughtful (7) |
| SESOTHO – hidden in thOSE SO THOughtful | |
| 32 | Bits of Italian food, cold, stimulated appetite, all except the first bit eaten (11) |
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CAPPELLETTI – C, then an anagram of APPETITE, |
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| 33 | Old deer spits audibly (6) |
| SPAYDS – sounds like SPADES – a spit is the depth of a spade | |
| 34 | In the main body find excellent African people (6) |
| MASAIS – MASS(main body) containing AI | |
| Down | |
| 1 | Boats about to go into harbour banks? (6) |
| BARCAS – CA(about) inside BARS (harbour banks) | |
| 2 | Old historian on island, fellow who would pray (7) |
| BEDEMAN – BEDE(historian) on the Isle of MAN | |
| 3 | Arranger of festival in Cheshire town on the radio (5) |
| KREWE – sounds like CREWE – organizers of Mardi Gras, particularly in New Orleans… though the American Puzzlers League also call the regulars the KREWE | |
| 4 | Go away — explosive will bring blast! (6) |
| SCATHE – SCAT(go away) and HE(high explosive) | |
| 6 | It’s day care arranged for female supporters (10) |
| CARYATIDES – anagram of IT’S DAY CARE | |
| 7 | Skeleton keys abandoned not stolen, surprisingly found in plant (dubiously!) (6) |
| KEKSYE – anagram of SKELETON,KEYS minus STOLEN | |
| 8 | French ranks, say, standing up (5) |
| ETATS – STATE reversed | |
| 9 | Fish is appetizing, not very old (5) |
| SAURY – SAVOURY missing V and O | |
| 12 | Back at ease in the cop shop again? (10) |
| REARRESTED – REAR(back), RESTED(at ease) | |
| 13 | Old riddle making one crease up (6) |
| SEARCE – anagram of CREASE | |
| 16 | Queen maybe eats Indian food, avoiding extremes — it’s delicately flavoured (6) |
|
BEURRE – Queen BEE full of |
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| 20 | Orange colouring of pillar covering brown up (7) |
| ANNATTA – ANTA(pilaster, column) containing TAN reversed | |
| 22 | Exuberant agent must snatch quick sleep (6) |
| SKIPPY – SPY(agent) containing NAP | |
| 24 | Child under sun sitting atop tree is rascal (6) |
| SCHELM – CH under S, then ELM at the bottom | |
| 25 | Little man cooks edible roots (6) |
| EDDOES – ED(little man), DOES(cooks) | |
| 26 | A British accountant’s providing graphical representations (5) |
| ABACS – A, B, AC’S | |
| 27 | Cappuccino not half disgusting — so get this? (5) |
| CUPPA – anagram of the first half of CAPPUccino. | |
| 28 | Old women no longer advocates of revolution (5) |
| TROTS – double definition for old women and supporter of Trotsky | |
You have a typo at 3D George – the railway town is CREWE