I just don't know what to say about this puzzle. I was reading clues and writing in answers and that just shouldn't happen with a Mephisto. I never once referred to Chambers and solved it in much the same time as a straightforward daily cryptic - say about 20 minutes.
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| 1 | EPIBLAST - EP-I-BLAST; EP=Extended Play=old vinyl record; |
| 7 | IOTA - I(O)TA; ITA=Initial Teaching Alphabet; |
| 10 | DAUPHINESS - (shes unpaid)*; usually Marie Antoinette; |
| 11 | RESIGNED - RE(S)IGNED; |
| 13 | ESILE - hidden reversed (macker)EL I SE(nse); old vinegar; |
| 14 | EASY-OSY - (essay)* surrounds YO; |
| 17 | DEMUR - DEMUR(e); |
| 18 | OAR,FISH - OA(R)FISH; |
| 20 | UTERI - UT-(IRE reversed); |
| 22 | WHIFT - (with)* surrounds F=folio; |
| 23 | PECULIA - PA=dad surrounds (clue + I)*; see peculium in C under peculiar; |
| 24 | SENTE - SENT-(hom)E; money in Lesotho; |
| 28 | LADRONE - L(A-DR)ONE; Long John Silver; |
| 29 | BOUND - three meanings; |
| 31 | ACIERATE - AC(I)ERATE; |
| 32 | POETRESSES - (tropes)* surrounds ESSE; |
| 33 | DASH - D-ASH; |
| 34 | ARMED,EYE - A-RM-ED-EYE; old word for brood=EYE; as distinct from "naked eye"; |
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| 1 | EYRE - two meanings; |
| 2 | PRESS,AHEAD - PRESS-A-HEAD; |
| 3 | BAILIFF - B-AIL-IF-F; bedbug=B (see initial entry under B in C); |
| 4 | LUGER - LUG(g)ER; a toboggan - why "she"?; |
| 5 | APNEA - AP-NEA(r); |
| 6 | SHEATHE - SHE-A-THE; |
| 7 | INBYE - (scot + INBYE)* gives "obscenity"; |
| 8 | OENOMELS - (lonesome)*; honey and unfermented Greek grape juice - supposedly cures gout; |
| 9 | ASSYRIAN - ASS-(yarn I)*; |
| 12 | ESURIENTLY - (RUSE=stall reversed)-(yet nil)*; |
| 15 | COWSLIP'D - CO(W-SLIP)D; |
| 16 | TRINDLES - TRIN-(SELD reversed); |
| 19 | SPENCER - two meanings; |
| 21 | TUTORED - TUT-O-RED; |
| 25 | TRUTH - T(RUT)H; |
| 26 | DEISM - MED reversed contains IS; |
| 27 | OBESE - O-BESE(e=earl); |
| 30 | DEKE - D-EKE; ice hockey move that deceives an opponent - more Canadian than Yankee?; |