Devilishly cunning
Across
1 Crotchet (C in piano) affected note for tuning CONCERT PITCH
(CROTCHET C IN P)*
9 Good pull partially retracted hairstyle UPDO – hidden backwards in
[go]OD PU[ll]
10 Sound memory, providing three letters TRIGRAM
TRIG (sound) RAM (memory)
12 Not once entering yon part of England THANET
NE (once not) in THAT (yon)
13 Greedy Scots impounding Loch – look GLARE
L (loch) in GARE (greedy in Scotland)
14 Fears onset of reek in here, distributing this? AIR FRESHENER &lit
(FEARS R[eek] IN HERE)*
18 French in the way and French involved in lapse DE TROP
ET (the in French) in DROP (lapse)
19 Primarily coarse and surly? CHUFFY &lit C[oarse] HUFFY (surly)
20 Band arrived in China PARRAL ARR (arrived) in PAL (china)
22 A chap with vermouth, a heavenly drink AMRITA
A MR (chap) IT (gin and it) A
26 Curious form of new attraction in old place – that’s stupid of playwright SODDEN-WITTED ODD (curious) (NEW)* IT (attraction) in STED (place old)
27 Corporation accepting one’s regard for another TUISM
IS (ones) TUM (corporation)
28 One pushing forward Dee, and what it exemplifies? DRIVER
D (dee) RIVER (river Dee)
29 Report cut-down aggregate, in retreat – due to this? EROSION &lit
NOIS[e] (report cut) ORE (aggregate)< (all in retreat)
30 Department store losing way round end of season ORNE (France)
[seaso]N in [st]ORE
31 Family members who may be near-halfwits FATHERS-IN-LAW
(NEAR HALFWITS)*
Down
1 Updates can’t get changed in DTP technique CUT AND PASTE
(UPDATES CANT)*
2 Golden realm’s gold that Greek character’s brought in OPHIR (Bible)
PHI (Greek character) in OR (gold)
3 Discussed study on channel circumventing rivers CONFERRED
CON (study) RR (rivers) in FEED (channel)
4 Very much page in electronic book? EVER SO
E (electronic) VERSO (page)
5 Collection of rubbish? Spots stick mostly covered by it TRASHCAN
T (it) RASH (spots) CAN[e] (stick mostly)
6 Shakespeare’s resolved quandary, erasing line PIGHT
PLIGHT (quandary) minus L (line)
7 Engross fellow caught in stormy rains in Texas TRANSFIX
F (fellow) in (RAINS)* all in TX (Texas)
8 Rival up behind vehicle showing instruction to deliver to another? CARE OF
CAR (vehicle) FOE< (rival up)
11 My article about slip attracted clown MERRY-ANDREW
ERR (slip) in MY AN (article) DREW (attracted)
15 What’s suggested by our resolving with Petain? EPURATION &lit
(OUR PETAIN)*
16 Old horseman having little time with broadcast in street STRADIOT
T (time) RADIO (broadcast) in ST (street)
17 American brilliance to cease during unfinished escapade in Glasgow SPLENDOR END (cease) in SPLOR[e] (Scottish escapade)
21 Anecdotes encompassing our amphibians ANOURA
OUR in ANA (anecdotes)
23 Destinies looking wavy, not entirely excellent MOIRAI (Fates)
MOIR[e] (wavy not entirely) AI (excellent)
24 English periods omitting tense upset Scottish student SEMIE (semi-bajan)
E (English) TIMES< (periods upset) minus T (tense)
25 Indian instrument, smooth, half-twisted one VEENA
EVEN (smooth) first half twisted A (one)
( )* = anagram [ ] = omit < = reverse definitions in bold italics
Thanks for that. I started this in an hotel room in Nottingham last Sunday afternoon and didn’t have too much trouble starting, even without a copy of Chambers to hand. (I did have wi-fi.) Got maybe a half done. Finished it when I got home Monday night and I couldn’t work out the word play to 5dn. Obvious now you point it out. 🙂
No IoS magazines anywhere in Leicester last Sunday, so I have been in cold turkey mode all week. Thankfully today I have the Evil One back.