28 minutes for this one. I blogged this as a last-minute stand-in so I haven't written much, but please ask if further explanations are required.
{deletions} [indicators]
{deletions} [indicators]
Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CAPSICUM - CAP (beat), anagram [rocking] of MUSIC |
| 6 | CASBAH - AB (sailor) reversed inside CASH (money) |
| 9 | STUN - STUN{t} (wheeze) |
| 10 | ACCUSATION - C (conservative) + USA (country) inside ACTION (hostilities) |
| 11 | JUST AS WELL - JUST (very recently), AS WELL (too) |
| 13 | LEEK - LEE (shelter), {par}K |
| 14 | I DARE SAY - Anagram [novel] of IS A{l}READY |
| 16 | VIRAGO - A inside VIRGO (sign of a house) |
| 18 | ODDISH - DO (serve) reversed, DISH (food) |
| 20 | ITERATES - {c}ITES (names) encloses RATE (judge) |
| 22 | FAZE - Sounds like "phase" (chapter). My last one in very much aided by realising we probably had a pangram but were still missing F and Z. |
| 24 | RENT-A-QUOTE - Anagram [oddly] of NOT A QUEER T (time) |
| 26 | BOTTICELLI - B (British), OTT (excessive), ICE (coolness), ILL (poor) reversed |
| 28 | DUEL - U (united) in DEL (key) |
| 29 | NO BALL - NOB (aristocrat), ALL (everyone). 'Lord's decision' is the definition. |
| 30 | DEMERARA - Hidden and reversed in {pe}AR A REMED{y}. 'From the east' indicates reversal. |
Down | |
| 2 | ASTOUNDED - A (answer), then {righ}T inside SOUNDED (seemed) |
| 3 | SENATOR - N (new) inside SEAT (constituency), O{verfamilia}R |
| 4 | CHAOS - CHA{d} (republic, minus D for Democrat), SO (very) reversed |
| 5 | MAC - Two definitions |
| 6 | C'EST LA VIE - Cryptic definition with 'Nice' indicating the answer is in French |
| 7 | SETTLER - L (learner) inside SETTER (me - or rather him or her) |
| 8 | ATONE - ON (working) inside ATE (scoffed) |
| 12 | ELYSIAN - ELY (see), {place}S, IAN (boy) |
| 15 | SPHERICAL - Anagram [awkwardly] of RILES CHAP |
| 17 | GUEST BEER - Anagram of SURE BET EG |
| 19 | INERTIA - IN (ruling), ER (monarch), then {p}A{p}I{s}T{s} reversed |
| 21 | ASUNDER - A, S (small), UN + DER (foreign articles) |
| 23 | A GOGO - AGO (in the past), GO (travel) |
| 25 | AXIOM - A, XI (team), OM (honour) |
| 27 | LAD - DAL{i} (painter) reversed |