Party of Eight

a cryptic puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Solution grid
Eight unclued entries are anagrams: ingrates, Tangiers, rangiest, granites, inert gas, gantries, angriest, tearings.

Across

  • 1.
    GLOSS: G + LOSS
  • 9.
    RELIANT: R(ELI)ANT
  • 10.
    LENTIL: LENT + I + L
  • 11.
    AGGRIEVE: AGGRIEVE (anag.)
  • 14.
    BEERIER: B + EERIER
  • 15.
    IRONY: I(R) + O + NY
  • 16.
    TOPDOG: TOP DOG (rev.)
  • 18.
    ERST: ERST (anag.)
  • 19.
    AVATARS: A + VA+ TAR'S
  • 21.
    SWAN: S + WAN
  • 23.
    NUTRIA: NUTRIA (anag.)
  • 26.
    VICAR: V(I) + CAR
  • 28.
    ISOLATE: I + S(O)LATE
  • 31.
    AVIATION: AV(I + AT + I)ON
  • 32.
    TENNER: TENNER (homophone)
  • 33.
    HERRING: H + ERRING
  • 34.
    BONDS: BOND'S

Down

  • 2.
    LEGIRON: LEG-IRON
  • 3.
    SIREN: SIREN (anag.)
  • 4.
    SAID: SA(I)D
  • 5.
    GLEE: G + LEE
  • 6.
    RENEGE: RENEGE (hidden rev.)
  • 7.
    EIDER: EI + DER (rev.)
  • 8.
    SLURS: S(L)URS (anag. + "L")
  • 12.
    HIERARCH: HI + ERAR + CH ("rare" rev.)
  • 13.
    SOPRANOS: SO + P + RANOS ("sonar" rev.)
  • 14.
    BAPTISE: BAPTISE (anag.)
  • 17.
    DANGLING: D + ANGLING
  • 20.
    DIAMOND: D(I + AM)ON + D
  • 22.
    DIALER: DIALER (rev.)
  • 24.
    RIATA: RIATA (anag.)
  • 25.
    ASPEN: AS + PEN
  • 27.
    INTRO: INTRO (hidden)
  • 29.
    TARA: TAR + A (rev.)
  • 30.
    BARB: BAR + B