Puzzle No. 3331

Puzzle No. 3331

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Some clues in this puzzle consist of wordplay only. The unclued phrase at 1 Across and 30 Across can serve as a communal definition for those entries.

ACROSS

 1See introduction (7)

 6 Map out part of a home entertainment system (3)

 8 Recalled an article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung (3)

 9 Ancient Anatolian lady in riots (6)

11 Land with anguished moan (4)

12 Patty shelled egg (4)

13 Clear suspicious Empire State theft (7)

18 Genre with strange and unpredictable twists (5)

20 Bill heard a singer (5)

21 Ballplayers eating some of liverwurst sandwiches (5)

23 Bishop encounters insolence—it’s inconsequential in the scheme of things (4)

24 Reversible fabric for novelist (5)

26 Wood puppet is cut short (3)

27 It’s fashionable to appreciate love (6)

28 The solver: no good at an early age (5)

29 Fish with a tail? (4)

30See introduction (8)

DOWN

 1 A soldier once contained oil spill (6)

 2 Woman raised existential question involving the end of despair (4)

 3 Horse around, embracing cook (4)

 4 Moved like the wind in your ear (4)

 5 Dishonest in bed (5)

 6 Songs of a government agency (4)

 7Lodestone: a periodical on the web (6)

10 Gas station’s closing over a long period of time (4)

14 Canadian borders limit Native American composer (6)

15 Look after source of light in tree (6)

16 An offensive radio host produced ill will (6)

17 At first, Obama was in charge of a multinational conglomerate (6)

19 Bathroom renovator, perhaps, getting up to cover bit of concrete that’s left over (6)

21 Doctor McCoy’s chief tossed dice (5)

22 Small squad’s momentum (5)

23 Turkish governors live at fitness clubs (4)

25 Assistant’s hardship: having no head (4)

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3330

ACROSS 1 MANO + RHO + USE 6 anag. 9 2 defs. 10 “in Decatur” 12 C OR K 13 2 defs. 15 I SLAM A BAD 17 NA(K)ED (rev.) 19 rev. 21 NORW(AY)RAT (war-torn anag.) 23 anag. 25 [c]AVER[n] 27 pun 28 “roan” 29 rev. 30 “farm assist”

DOWN 1 MA(SOCHI)ST 2 anag. 3 “right” 4 O (disc over) + NICE 5 dies anag. 7 HA TRACK 8 WOR(L)D 11 CADEN(ZA)S (dances anag.) 14 AMERI(CA)N (airmen anag.) 16 B-AND-W + ID + TH[at] 18 DETER + GENT 20 2 defs. 22 RA(VIOL)I (air anag.) 23 NAS-AL 24 hidden (&lit.) 26 ARE + A

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