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Puzzle explanation

Starting and ending in the circled cell, the perimeter of the grid contained the quotation from The Tempest, “O brave new world, That has such people in’t”, followed by MIRANDA, who said it innocently to her father, and PROSPERO, who replied “’Tis new to thee”. It was the source of the ironic title for ALDOUS HUXLEY’s dystopian novel Brave New World. The entries clued by wordplay only were other characters from the play (Neapolitans, Caliban, Alonso, Ariel) and the book (Lenina, Henry, Linda).

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation
Across
10 LENINA A after LENIN
12 GOAT GO AT
13 RUDDY RUDD + (cooker)Y
14 CENOTE C + E + NOTE
15 ENOUGH ROUGH with EN for the first letter
16 IDEA IDEA(l)
17 REPELLENT LEPER < + LENT
19 SESE SE + SE
20 POORI POOR + (Ind)I(ans)
21 ECH ECHO − O
22 OTHER (m)OTHER
25 HENRY HE + N(a)R(k)Y
26 ROUTE ROUT + E
27 AIDS A1 + DS
29 DAIS DAIS(y)
32 MOLTO MOO around L(u)T(e)
34 ALMS ARMS with L for R
35 ALL IN CALL IN − C(ourage)
36 AURA (l)AURA(s)
37 WEAMB WEB around AM
38 BIONIC B + IONIC
39 NAYS homophone of NEIGHS
40 HASLETS (SHE + SALT) *
Down
2 RAUNGE (AN URGE) *
4 VEDUTE V(alued) + ETUDE *
5 NICHE H in NICE
6 WANDER (slo)W AND ER(ratic)
7 WOOLLIES WOO + LISLE *
8 ROE DEER ROE + homophone of DEAR
9 LATENCY LATE + C in NY
11 NEAPOLITANS (SIT ON A PLANE) *
18 LINDA (LAND I) *
20 PREON P(u)R(v)E(y)O(r) + N
23 TOLL 2 meanings
24 CALIBAN CANNIBAL * − N(osh)
28 DOUBLE DOUBT − T + LE
30 ALONSO ALSO around ON
31 IMBIBE I’M + BRIBE − R
32 MIASM MI + A + S + M
33 ARIEL A + IE in (R + L)
37 WAR (ne)W AR(rangement)
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