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A good tough week, I found, though everything fell into place in the end.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SECONAL – CON in SEAL. |
| 6 | NAPPA – NAP + PA. |
| 10 | CARNAL-MINDED – (ARN[e] in CALM) + INDE[e]D. I think the composer must be Thomas Arne, though I can’t claim to be familiar with his work. |
| 11 | EXACTLY – (CT in (LAX + E)<) + Y. |
| 14 | SHIITE – HI in SITE. |
| 15 | TIPTOP – (P in TITO) + P. |
| 17 | FLOR – FL[o]OR. |
| 19 | ANARCHIST – ANA + (CH in STIR*). |
| 20 | PURGATORY – OR in (PART GUY)*. |
| 21 | ALOO – ALOO[f]. |
| 22 | DARING – DA + RING. |
| 24 | TANACH – TA + NA[t]CH. |
| 27 | TOLUENE – [g]LUE in TONE. |
| 28 | LEPIDOMELANE – PILE* + DOME + LANE. |
| 29 | ADDLE – [midfi]ELD DA[maged]<. |
| 30 | GERENUK – GREEN* + UK. |
| Down | |
| 1 | SCENT – hom. of “sent”. |
| 2 | CRAMP-IRONS –I in (CRAM + PRO + NA). |
| 3 | ONCE – O[u]NCE. |
| 4 | NATIONAL CODE – NA + (COD in (TO ALIEN)*). |
| 5 | ALLOPATH – ALL + O + PATH. |
| 6 | NIGHTCRAWLER – C in (NIGH + TRAWLER). |
| 7 | ANTI – NT in AI. |
| 8 | PENTOSANE – TODA in PENNE. |
| 9 | ADVERTS – D in (AVER + ST<). |
| 12 | FILICINEAN – (LIFE IN CA[b]IN*). |
| 13 | SIMULATED – (I + UM<) in SLATED. |
| 16 | PRODROME – PROD + ROME. |
| 18 | SPATULA – SPAT + ULA. |
| 23 | GREEK – R in GEEK. |
| 25 | AXIL – A + XI + L. |
| 26 | MULE – dd. |
Well, Arne wrote Rule Britannia, which I’m sure you are familiar with. 🙂
He also wrote a fun opera called Artoxerxes, which I’ve actually seen staged.