Azed 2204

Fairly straightforward from the master.  Managed to solve in less than 2 hours (with frequent trips to TBRB).  Definitions underlined.

 

 

 

Across

1 Confirmed philistine, I’m backward, unaccompanied by substance (10)

MI,SOLO,GIST – knowledge hater (most of humanity!)

10 Tram made from converted LA lorry, etc? (10, 2 words)

TROLLEY CAR – rather obvious anagram of (LA lorry, etc)*

11 Being supreme around the ring – i.e. regularly ——  opponents? (5)

K(O)ING – &lit – the blank indicates the answer

12 Favourite hit of yesteryear, love song with end misplaced (5)

O,LDIE – but goldie.  Move the D of lied=song forward and love=O.

14 I favour verse as an example of ad-lib (6)

I’M,PRO,V – I’m all in favour of stand-up as well.

15 Acute anaemia – one with strength restricted by  frequency (6)

F(A,VIS)M – a type of acute anemia.  Vis=strength in Latin.

18 Notice pain, very strong one inside (7)

A(FF,I)CHE – FF=fortissimo.  French notice.

19 Bony ‘seat’ some call estimable when viewed from the rear (5)

SELLA – hidden reversed: “in the sphenoid bone”

20 Relating to ancestors once originating in Latvia? (6)

AVITAL – obs. ancestral. Latvia*.  Incidentally, I was once married to Avital.

22 Warm year follows ending of ice in small iceberg (6)

CAL([ic]E)F,Y – to warm.  Calf is our small iceberg.

23 Tangle one is shortly reversing with both hands? (5)

S,NA,RL – last clue.  Tried to force this to be either KNARL or GNARL.  Oh well.  rev(L,R,AN,’S) where L and R are “both hands”.

24 Prickle getting insect in a pickle (no ‘r’!) (7)

AC(ANT)HA[r] – thorn and achar=pickle.  Rather nice clue.

28 Seabird the orc disturbed (6)

ROTCHE – (the orc)* – the little auk.

29 Professional dancers he’s among thoroughly examine back (6)

NAC(HE)S – he in rev(scan=thoroughly examine).  Indian dancers.

31 Creek on telly, measureless old-fashioned magic (5)

GOE,T[ell]Y – ell is a measure.  Obsolete black magic and goe=gully.

32 Rank bread for the troops (5)

ROOTY – two meanings — second derived from Indian roti.

33 Established order, hubbub having interrupted speech (10)

OR(DIN)ATION

34 Beetle to make out on outside of carriage, Eastern (10)

S(CAR)ABAEAN – beetle and Sabaean is “a member of the Sheba”

 

Down

1 Sea fish that’s fine in salmi (without salt) (4)

[sal]M(OK)I – a NZ seafish. Sal=salt.

2 Convolvulus plant? I soak up ordinary running water (7)

I,POM,O,EA – rev(mop=soak up).  Ea=stream.

3 With leafy appendages I hide in canopy as of old (10)

ST(I,PELL)ATE – pell=hide (like pelt).  And STATE=canopy for our old friend Milton.

4 Use of access code getting rascal round opening of gate (5)

LO(G)ON – loon=rascal.

5 Sort of oval, left one inside reproductive gland (7)

O(L,I)VARY

6 Mist rises – loch provided for nothing – a glimpse of Scotland (5)

G(L,IF)F – Scots glimpse.  Take rev(“fog”) and replace O=nothing by L=loch and IF=provided.

7 Like warblers hiding in ivy lines (8)

SYLVIINE – adj. for warblers.  (ivy lines)*

8 Doomladen spirit is seen inside lid when it’s lifted (5)

TA(IS)H – rev(hat=lid).  Scots apparition of someone about to die.

9 Fungi in rotten timber, possibly later stuffed with honey (8)

TRE(MEL)LA – mel=honey in later*

13 What secretaries use? Notice small hard pad being deployed (10)

DICTAPHONE – do they still use them? (notice, h, pad)*

16 What’s on French menu is appropriate there, load having come in? (8)

ES(CARGO)T – cargo=load in est=French is

17 Cross-examining client wrongly accepted by executive committee (8)

E(LENCTI)C – client* in EC.

20 Mushroom I used to stuff a very large fish (7)

A,MAN(I)TA

21 Extremes of enchantment to be found in fine porcelain or a short solo (7)

ARI(ET)TA – Arita is Japanese porcelain.

25 District of SW India filling old merchantman with gold (5)

CO(OR)G – cog is old merchant ship.  Coorg is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodagu_district

26 Sulphurous compound once bottled by the Parsees (6)

HEPAR – old name for sulphur compound – hidden.

27 Native American from California raised band (5)

CA,RIB

30 Descendant of Shakespeare, strain accompanying name (4)

SYE,N – scion for Shak.  Sye=sieve=strain.