A Wrap-up by Kea

Puzzle explanation

The grid was initially “wrapped” round a rod such that 13 columns formed one complate revolution; ie, down answers extending beyond the bottom of row 3 of the grid continued at the top of the column 13 places to the right. The eight thematic answers clued by wordplay only were types of wind. The last words of the novel Gone With the Wind are “tomorrow is another day” (given in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations). Wrapping the grid in the reverse direction (upward) with 7 columns making a complete revolution revealed the diagonal message “tomorrow is another year”, relevant to the puzzle’s publication on New Year’s Eve.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation
Across
1 BOOMLETS (ST ELMO + OB) <
7 ERIS (p)ERIS(h)
11 OMELET O + MÊLÉ(e) + ’T
13 PIERRE PIER + RE
14 AT PLAY ATP + LAY
15 BARRIO BAR + RIO
16 FOEHN FOE + HN
18 SPIRIT SPIT around IR
19 KNOWN NOW in KN
20 IRENA (fl)ÂNERI(e) <
21 AMEBA ÂME + BA
24 TABES BEATS *
27 BREEZE homophone of BRIES
28 BLAST B + LAST
29 ITUNES (l)UTENIS(t) *
30 SCLAFF F after SCF around (Hi)LA(ry)
32 SDEINS SD + EINS; ref. 13ac
35 SOLANO AN in SOLO
37 KEDS KE(y) + DS
38 ALIENISM MILESIAN *
Down
1 BRICKFIELDER BF around RICK + I’ + ELDER
2 OFTEN (s)OFTEN
3 MEN-O’-WAR ENOW in MAR
4 ENSOR NORSE *
5 SPEER S + PEER
6 VIOLENT STORM VISTO around OLENT + RM
7 ERSE S in ERE
8 RICTAL (((beas)T + C) in LAIR) <
9 SLAP PAL’S <
10 INSETS (MOUNTAINS LESS) * − MONAULS *
12 NASARD R,D after NASA
17 OUZO homophone of (OOZE + EAU)
18 SAMIEL (SAME + L) around I
22 BAIZA BIZ around A + A
23 GOBBI GOBBING − NG
25 BORS B + OR S(o)
26 EXITS EXISTS − S
31 ORANGE O + RANGE
33 DHAHRAN (A HAND) * around HR
34 SPEK SPEAK − A
36 OYES 2 meanings
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