mephisto 2510

[meabby]

16d master once disliked got a little wet ( 8) M?D?FIED - is it modified or madefied ? why?

31 ac reverse direction for drudges (5) ESN?S

9d number promoted in team getting carried away (6) EN?E?E

5d what's associated with cracking weather, even if US summer's end? (4) T?OR - is it THOR - why


thanks

[Lie-in King]

16d Madefied (made wet) - MA (Master of Arts) + defied (obscure word for 'disliked')
31a Esnes (Anglo-Saxon domestic slaves (drudges)) - 'Sense' (reversed)
9d Enleve (carried away, kidnapped) - N(umber) <<'promoted' in 'eleven' (team)
5d Thor (God of Thunder) - Tho (US sp 'though' - 'even if') + (summe)r

[meabby]

thanks as usual

[Lie-in King]

You're welcome, as always :-)