One Other by Chalicea

Puzzle explanation

The corrections to misprints in the clues spelt out The Waste Land, the source of the perimeter quotation “Who is the third who walks always beside you?”. The quotation refers to the feeling that another is present, as related in journeys to the unclued entries: two disciples on the road to EMMAUS and SHACKLETON’s 1916 crossing of SOUTH GEORGIA. T S Eliot’s footnote to this passage of the poem said “The following lines were stimulated by the account of the Antarctic expeditions (I forget which, but I think one of Shackleton’s): it was related that the party of explorers, at the extremity of their strength, had the constant delusion that there was one more member than could actually be counted.”

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Misprint Answer Explanation
Across
8   NO ONE E after NOON
9   WORRICOW (OR + RIC) in WOW
10 boa(T) OAR OR around A
11   HI-TECH H + ETHIC *
12   BEMUD MU in BED
13 s(H)out YAH-BOO YAHOO around B
14 rac(E) ETHNIC ETH + NIC(e)
15   ORDEAL OR + DEAL
16 (W)ee KENNETS KEN + NETS
20 t(A)les MYTHI (gri)MY THI(ngs)
24 Dete(S)t LOATHE LO(ng) + A + THE
26   MOHOCK (out)MO(ded) + HOCK
27   AIR-DRY AIRY around DR
28 mea(T) RAMEN R + AMEN
29   HOWE’ER HOW + (r)E(v)E(l)R(y)
30 l(E)tter ETA (Socr)ATE(s) <
31   STANNOUS (mo)ST(ly) (w)AN(t) (o)N(e) (t)O(n) (j)US(t)
32   ORIEL OR + IE + L
Down
1   HOASTS HOAS around ST
2 (L)ad INGÉNU IN + GEN + U
3   SEMMIT M in TIMES <
4   HOT-DOG 2 meanings
5 g(A)ng TRIAD 2 meanings
6   HITHER HIT + HER
7   ICE BAG ICE + BAG
9   WAUCHT (WATCH + (o)U(t)) *
17 (N)ation NORWAY NO WAY around R(estrictions)
18   NA-DENE ((threat)ENED AN(d)) <
19   SEROUS SER(i)OUS
21   YOM TOB TOMBOY *
22   THEIRS HEIRS after T(errain)
23   ICE TEA CAFETERIA * − FAR *
25 win(D) TREND TEND around R
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