My only problem with this came from writing "toke" in at 12A which made the NW corner harder than it should have been! Annoying because the correct answer is well known to me. Other than that a pleasant enough middle of the road puzzle.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | COSHED - CO-SHED; |
| 6 | SHAVER - S-HAVER; two meanings 1=boy 2=barber then is=S and hum and haw=HAVER; |
| 11 | GREMOLATA - (arm eg a lot)*; |
| 12 | ATOK - hidden (tom)ATO-K(etchup); a skunk; note "toke" also hidden by same sequence; |
| 13 | CUPOLAD - CUP-O-LAD; over=O; vaulted; |
| 14 | DOUBT - sounds like "dout"; |
| 17 | AFRAID - AFR-AID; |
| 18 | A,LEVEL - A-LEVEL; adult=A; |
| 19 | SCELERATE - S(CELER(y))ATE; |
| 21 | BREHON,LAW - (brown ale)* surrounds h=hard; old Irish laws; |
| 25 | RUBRIC - RUB-RIC(h); |
| 27 | INK-SAC - (p)INK-SAC(k); sepia fills this; |
| 29 | SMOLT - S-MOLT; |
| 30 | TO,POINT - TOP-OINT; keen on = in to then move "o" to the front; |
| 31 | URDU - (c)URD-U; see=C; but=without; |
| 32 | OPEN,SKIES - (pinko sees)*; |
| 33 | NICETY - NICE-T(r)Y; |
| 34 | CRENEL - C(RENE)L; LC=loco citato; indent; |
| Down | |
| 1 | CHADAR - C(HAD)AR; |
| 2 | OUT,OF,TRUE - OUT-OFT-RUE; |
| 3 | SCOURGE - S-COUR(a)GE; |
| 4 | EROTIC - (I-TORE reversed)-(Bello)C; |
| 5 | DECADENCY - DEC(AD)ENCY; |
| 7 | HOPPLE - HOP-PLE(dge); plates (of meat)=feet; |
| 8 | ALONE - AL(ON)E; |
| 9 | VALI - V-ALI; reference boxer Mohammed Ali; |
| 10 | RADDLE - (showjumpe)R-ADDLE; hurdle is definition; |
| 15 | BALLISTIC - BAL(LIS)TIC; bitter=cold=BALTIC; |
| 16 | GET,LALDIE - (leg it lead)*; six of the best in Stirling; |
| 20 | ALSO,RAN - A-(losr)*-AN; |
| 21 | BRETON - BR-(NOTE reversed); |
| 22 | OIKIST - OIK-IS-(settlemen)T; |
| 23 | ANSWER - A-NSW-ER; Australian=A; |
| 24 | ACTUAL - routine=usual then replace "us" by ACT; |
| 26 | RHONE - two meanings 1=river 2=gutter in Glasgow; |
| 28 | OPEC - (h)OPE-C; about=circa=C; |