Relatively straightforward puzzle with a little French, Hindi and Latin thrown in to liven the mix.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SETTER - SETT(l)ER; push along=leave; definition is "a stream of cattle" see SETTER-2 in C; |
| 6 | SIGHED - SI(n)G-HE'D; squeal=sing=inform on; |
| 10 | TICKETTYBOO - TICKET-BOOTY then move BOO to end; |
| 12 | THEED - THE-ED; old word for did well; |
| 13 | COMMEND - COM-MEND; common=COM; |
| 14 | CIRCUITY - CI(R-CU-I)TY; take=R; copper=CU; |
| 16 | RAMEE - R(AM)EE; ruff=REE; Chinese garment; |
| 17 | IDEATE - I-D(E)ATE; go with=DATE; Earl=E; |
| 18 | NESTOR - hidden (ear)NEST-OR(ator); & Lit; |
| 20 | CATNAP - P(ANTA)C all reversed; column=ANTA; Privy Councillor=PC; |
| 22 | DRIERS - DRI(nk)ERS; |
| 24 | ATOCS - A-(SCOT reversed); tax=SCOT; Peruviam skunk; |
| 27 | MEET,IN,WI - (wine item)*; howf=pub in Perth; |
| 28 | OVERARM - OVER(t)-ARM(y); I assume this is serving in tennis; |
| 29 | OBIIT - OBI-IT; charm=OBI; indefinable magnetism=IT (as in the IT Girl, Clara Bow); Latin for died; |
| 30 | BEURRE,BLANC - (beer can blur)*; sauce avec du poisson en Provence; |
| 31 | SEMEED - S-E-MEED; egg's top=E; small=S; portion=MEED; powdered is definition; |
| 32 | ELOGES - SEE reversed surrounds LOG; |
| Down | |
| 1 | SHTCHI - (this)* surrounds C-H; slices of c(abbage) h(eaped) =C+H; soup is definition; |
| 2 | ETHIC,DATIVE - (device that I)*; |
| 3 | TIERCET - TIER-TEC reversed; binder=TIER; busy=TEC=policeman; |
| 4 | EK,DUM - MUD-KE(pt) all reversed; dubs=MUD; point=pt; at once is definition; |
| 5 | RECIPE - R(EC)IPE; Common Entrance=CE; |
| 6 | STOTIN - S-TOTIN(g); bread=money; |
| 7 | GYMNASIA - (may gains)*; |
| 8 | H-BEAM - H(BE)AM; |
| 9 | DODDER - DOD-D-ER; clip=DOD; Duke=D; Queen=ER; |
| 11 | ONCE,OR,TWICE - O-(went cicero)*; round=O; |
| 15 | SANCERRE - SAN(C-ERR)E; Sauvignon blanc from left bank of Loire opposite Pouilly-Fumé; |
| 19 | TERNING - sounds like "turning"; |
| 20 | CAROBS - CAR(O)BS; |
| 21 | PEERED - PEE-RED; two definitions then wee=PEE, squadron=RED, from a former squadron of British fleet or possibly Starwars; |
| 22 | DJEMBE - DJ-E-MBE; one mixing=DJ; eccentricity=E; |
| 23 | SMITHS - MS reversed-(this)*; we forge is definition (blacksmiths); |
| 25 | ODEUM - theatre=OD-E-UM but blame=od-i-um; |
| 26 | ATOLL - A-TOLL; dialect for lure=TOLL; Bikini Atoll is still uninhabital thanks to US bomb testing; |