My apologies for the late posting. I won’t comment any further on the puzzle as I cheated to get it finished quickly for the blog. Thanks to frogman for help on some of the parsings.
| Across | ||
| 1 | BOG-BUTTER |
Gallon cask housed by farmer for peat constituent (9)
G (gallon) BUTT (cask) in BOER (farmer) |
| 11 | ROQUELAURE |
A ruler, OE, excited when dressing queen in French cloak (10)
QU (queen) dressed in (A RULE OE)* anagram=excited |
| 12 | DOONA |
Duvet to suffice covering one (5)
DO (suffice) ON (covering) A (one) |
| 13 | VOMER |
End broken off, displace back bone, thin and flat (5)
REMOVe (displace) mising end letter reversed (back) – a bone in the skull |
| 14 | WAGGON |
Estate car, lurid in colour but good to travel in (6)
G (good) GO (to travel in WAN (lurid in colour) – lurid can mean pale as wll as garish |
| 15 | PAMPER |
Spoil daily accepting money? (6)
PAPER (daily) containing M (money) |
| 17 | KONGONI |
Bantus in pursuit stun African antelope (7)
NGONI (Bantus) following KO (stun) |
| 18 | RUNKLE |
After single, member of gang possibly returns to crease (6)
ELK (a possible anaimal of a herd, gang) follows RUN (single) |
| 20 | INKY |
Aussie drunk, very smelly, no saint (4)
stINKY (very smelly) missing ST=saint |
| 22 | FLIX |
What trappers were after, left to prepare traps? (4)
L (left) in (trapped by) FIX (to prepare) – flix is beaver fur |
| 24 | ATONES |
No longer together, son makes up for shortcomings (6)
AT ONE (no longer together) S (son) |
| 26 | TAMBOUR |
Rich embroidery (not new) winding round old pulpit (7)
TURn (winding) missing N=new around AMBO (old pulpit) |
| 29 | STAINS |
Foxing well-known septet maybe interrupted by cheers (6)
SINS (seven deadly ones mayme) containing TA (cheers) |
| 30 | GRAPPA |
Spirit in bottle causing endless dismay after good rub initially (6)
APPAL (dismay, endless) after Good Rub (first letters of) |
| 31 | AORTA |
One old tar capsizing major vessel (5)
A (one) O (old) TAR* anagram=collapsing |
| 32 | TUPEK |
Tent erected in wood (no one inside) (5)
UP (erected) in TEaK (wood) missing A (one) |
| 33 | GREISENISE |
Convert from granite a form of Eire gneiss (10)
(EIRE GNEISS)* anagram=form of – coud this be an &lit too? Is there a geologists in the house? |
| 34 | STAGGERED |
Ancient earthwork in original condition? One’s amazed (9)
AGGER (ancient earthwork) in STED (condition, original=obsolete definition) |
| Down | ||
| 1 | BEDWARF |
Couch hostility before following shrink? (7)
DED (couch) WAR (hostility) then F (following) |
| 2 | GROGON |
Carousal in Perth? Useless to grumble – drink up (6)
GROuse (to grumble) missing USE then NOG (drink) reversed – gron-on, an Australian drinking party |
| 3 | BONGO |
Drum and guitar’s intro interrupting rock superstar (5)
Guitar (first letter of) in BONO (rock star) |
| 4 | TURNKEY |
Water flow regulator, new, installed by complete duffer (7)
N (new) inside TURKEY (complete duffer) |
| 5 | TEMPO |
Work adequately matched rising rate (5)
OP (work) MET (adequately matched) reversed (rising) |
| 6 | ELVANITE |
Those leading in the best type of rock (8)
VAN (those leading) in ELITE (the best) |
| 7 | DUMP ON |
The US take advantage of struggling pound, investing millions (6)
M (millions) in POUND* anagram=struggling |
| 8 | GREENKEEPER |
Golf course employee, one responsible for many extras? (11)
a GREEN (inexperienced) KEEPER (wicketkeeper) concedes many extras |
| 9 | HERR |
Hitler’s dream? He made list possibly (4)
HERR plus MADE LIST gives an anagram of HITLER’S DREAM – not sure of the defintion |
| 10 | COAGULATORY |
Membrane or last of quinsy restricting part of throat, forming clots (11)
COAT (membrane) OR quinsY (last letter of) contining GULA (part of throat) |
| 16 | PLEONAST |
No stranger to redundancy, among people on a strike (8)
found among peoPLEON A STrike – one who cannot stop using many redundant words |
| 19 | BARGING |
Place for a drink and what that might be with German ignoring queue? (7)
BAR (place for a drink) with GIN (what that might be) with G (German) |
| 21 | YSLAKED |
River diverted, lake’s dry wretchedly, refreshed liquidly no longer (7)
anagram (wretchedly) of LAKE’S DrY mising (diverted) R (river) |
| 23 | IMARET |
Travel lodge? Maria singularly takes refuge in it (6)
MARE (singular of MARIA, areas on the moon) in IT |
| 25 | NIPPER |
Carter’s lad travellin’ northwards (6)
REPPIN’ (travellin, theatre on tour) |
| 27 | USNEA |
Lichen: Nebraska’s where you’ll find it (5)
NE (Nebraska) in USA (where you’ll find it) |
| 28 | HAUSE |
Mountain pass the Scots have found captivating you and me (5)
HAE (have, Scots) containing US (you and me) |
| 29 | SAGOIN |
Monkey dropping in for palm cereal (4)
SAGOin (tamarin monkey) gropping IN |
definitions are underlined
Thanks for the blog.
I think in 9d the definition is “He” = man (in German) = Herr + MADE LIST to give the compound anagram.
It seems odd to have the definition as a single word in the middle of the clue. I can’t remember having seen another clue like this anywhere.
Azed has done composite anagrams in a similar format before, in some ways separating the fodder makes them a bit easier.
I can’t remember where but I was convinced there was a misprint in one of the clues, held me up for ages until I got the reading right. Often the way with such a cunning cluer.
sidey – what would you say is the definition for 9dn? Is it ‘he’, ‘Hitler’ or something else? Does the clue have a definition? I’m still a bit baffled.
As shikasta says, it’s He, but it’s sort of &lit. All the other stuff in the clue is the two anagrams and the anagrind. I think Azed is unique in using this device in quite this form. You also need to think about H’s philosophy of purity of race and who was ‘in’ so to speak. I’m beginning to waffle but I hope you get the drift.