Beelzebub 1,021 (13/09/09)

The online Chambers was down when I tackled this, so it was back to the big red book, and none of the fancy advanced search features. I was pleased with how swiftly I made my way through it, so I'll probably stick to that method in future.

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.

Across
2	COUNTERMOVE – COVE “penning” ([n]OUN +TERM).
10	PIPSISSEWA – PIPS + IS + AWES<.
12	LITHE – LIT + HE.
14	ERRS – ES “suppressing” RR.
15	ST. HELENA – LANES* “concealing” THE.
16	ESPRESSO – (S + PRESS) in EO.
19	NEVI – [mai]NE VI[rginia].
20	EMPRISE – E + MP + RISE.
22	SPINOSE – PIN “interrupting” (SOS + [fl]E[et]).
23	OR SO – [c]ORSO.
25	LODESTAR – SELDO[m]* + TAR.
26	ORACULAR – [j]OCULAR “about” RA.
29	NARC – (C + RAN)<.
30	KAREN – [fol]K ARE N[orth].
31	RE-ENACTING – (GET CANNIER)*.
32	MEAN STREETS – RE “impounded by” STATESMEN*. Scorsese’s 1973 film.

Down
1	SPLEENSTONE – SPLEEN’S TONE. Another name for jade.
3	OPTS – OP + [studen]TS.
4	USHERING – US HE[a]RING.
5	TSETSES – SESTET* “about” S[tinging].
6	ESTH – [pur]EST H[ungarian].
7	REPEOPLE – REP + [stor]E + POLE*.
8	OARED – [s]OARED.
9	VERNISSAGE – VERGE around (AS + SIN)<.
11	OSAGE ORANGE – SAGE in (Os RANGE).
13	INSEPARATE – I + (SEEN APART)*.
17	EVOLUTES – LOVE< + UTES.
18	PROSTATE – PROST[r]ATE.
21	MEDAWAR – MED + A WAR. Peter Medawar, Nobel Prize winner, 1915-1987.
24	BARRA – BAR[ba]RA.
27	LANT – [p]LANT.
28	GRIT – GRIT[s] &lit, I think.

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