Cryptic Crossword 1-13

Theme: All thematic clue answers are literary devices. Literary devices are techniques that writers use to create a special and pointed effect in their writing, to convey information, or to help readers understand their writing on a deeper level.

Across:

1 At home, h (hard), breaking (insertion), atom (grain), e (point), up (def)

4 Lacerate, lace (bash), rate (hammer), bruise (def)

10 Amphora, ancient wine jar (def), fresh (anagram of) aroma + ph (peach skin i.e., both end letters)

11 Letters, notes (def), leers (ogles), enthralling (container), TT (models)

12 Hurl, DD

13 Ringmaster, ring (mob), master (boss), prominent circus figure (def)

15 Roomer, tenant (def), reported (homophone of) rumour (noise)

16 Triumph, trip (fall), h (hard), admitting (container), um (doubt), prevail (def)

20 Receipt, te (note), concealed (anagram of) price + te, proof of purchase (def)

21 Satire, lampoon (def), secretly (hidden), about (reversal), rest is fodder

24 Astringent, sharp (def), string (line), mostly (delete the tail), in (insertion), agent (instrument)

26 Limp, struggle (def), inside (hidden), rest is fodder

28 Arabica, revolutionary (reversal of) bar (pub), in (insertion), ai (high class), ca (state), providing coffee (def)

29 Imagery, figurative language (def), i (one), m (many), age (long), ry (lines)

30 Absinthe smuggled (hidden), liquor (def), rest is fodder

31 Renege, repeal (def), revolution (anagram of) green + e (energy)

Down:

1 Anaphora, Rhetorical device... phrases (def), amphora (10 i.e., the answer to clue 10), replace m (mark), with n (new), a (effect)

2 Hyperbole, hype (publicize), r (rare), bole (trunk), embroidery (def)

3 Mood, cheer (def), overturned (reversal of) doom (sentence)

5 Allegory, all (clean), e (energy), gory (bloody), fable (def)

6 Extramural, r (bit of rank), surprisingly (anagram of) r + amateur + XL (excel), taking part in extension courses (def)

7 Alert, advise (def), Le (the French), engaged in (insertion), art (trade)

8 Ensure, from (hidden), rest is fodder

9 Gamin, minor (def), m (money), in (insertion), win (gain)

14 Repetition, replay (def), re (over), appeal (petition)

17 Privilege, honor (def), cooked (anagram of) E (English) + pig (hog) + liver

18 Epigraph, transform (anagram of) pie, graph (chart), engraved inscription (def)

19 Neophyte, babe (def), horrible (anagram of) one, verbal (homophone of) fight (battle), phyte sounds like fight

22 Pataca, in (hidden), capital of Macao (def), rest is fodder

23 Snail, poke (def), s (small), nail (fastener)

25 Traps, part (role), reversal (reverse order so trap), s (son), catches up (def)

27 Cape, DD