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Mephisto 2760 by Don Manley - A Trojan Mystery

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Middle of the road Mephisto. I can't parse 4D - all ideas welcomed!


Across
1STIRRAH - STIR-RAH; cheer=RAH; a corruption of Sir and Sirrah in Stirling;
6DAGGA - DAG-GA(ga); Aussie eccentric=DAG; African love-drug;
10CATE - C(r)ATE; r from r(ing); dainty;
11LAENDER - L(A)ENDER; are=A; library=LENDER; German units of Local Government;
13HIGHSET - sounds like HI-SET;
14URITE - U(nusual)-RITE;
15VIOLONE - V-IO-LONE;
17ONIRIC - paradoxical=IRONIC then move I-R back; of dreams;
18SALIENTIANS - S(ALIEN)T-I(A-N)S; frogs;
20PLAGIOSTOME - (pam let go)* surrounds OS=out-sized; fish;
25AMOMUM - A-MO-MUM; chrysanth=MUM=short form of chrysanthemum; a plant;
27ZAREEBA - ZA-(A-BEER reversed); South Africa=ZA; a camp;
29TOGAD - TO-GAD; before=TO; Jewish tribe=GAD;
30TSIGANE - (is a gent)*; gypsy;
31MINERVA - (AIM reversed) surrounds NERV(e);
32INCA - IN-C-A;
33POWRE - PO(W)RE; hint of w(etness)=W; old form of pour;
34ALNAGER - A-L(N)AGER; old cloth inspector;
 
Down
1SCHUSS - S(CH)USS; awareness=SUSS; a fast ski on a straight slope;
2TAIRA - TA-IRA; S American weasle;
3IT-GIRL - I-T(G)IRL; turned up in Scotland=TIRL; Clara Bow;
4RUSE,DE,GUERRE - I entered this from reference to Trojan Horse and checkers - don't understand the clue;
5ALEVIN - ALE-VIN; a fish;
6DEMONISATION - DEMO(A-SIN reversed)*TION; nice clue;
7ANTLIATE - ANT-L(I)ATE; having a sucking proboscis;
8GEAN - (orange - or-2=gold tincture)*; a fruit;
9ARRECT - ARRE(C)T; about=C; judgement=ARRET; alert;
12DOORN - generous person=DONOR then move N to give DOORN; a thorn in S Africa;
16VIAMETER - (item a rev)*;
19GAZUMP - G(A-Z)AMP;
21LORAN - L(OR)AN(d); short for Long Range Radio Navigation System;
22OMASAL - (sago palm - gp)*; stomach;
23OX-GANG - O-X-(G-NAG reversed); wrong=X; ploughed land;
24ENDEAR - END-EAR;
26RANCE - (f)RANCE; to bar in Berwick;
28AGIO - AG-I-O(we);

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