My printer made a meal of this one, I think in a desperate plea to tell me to buy a new ink cartridge (which I did the next day) there’s a few blank lines. Fortunately the clues were all legible, it was just trying to figure out where some of the bars in the grid went that was tricky.
Fun wordplay and some out-there words, and only one I can’t seem to parse all the way, maybe it will come while the blog is worked out.
Away we go…
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | AGISTS: GIST(marrow) in AS(when) |
| 5 | PANGFU: PAN(container) then G, FU |
| 9 | MISTREATMENT: OK, this went in with the checking letters, but I think I have the wordplay now – it’s M(millions), I(indeed), then SENT(turned on) containing(banking) TREAT(deal), and M(uch) – phew! |
| 11 | INONACO: INTO,A(about),CO with N(navy) inside |
| 12 | SATINS: TIN in S(Siemens, the unit), AS |
| 13 | ENTRAP: PARTNER reversed without an R |
| 14 | ANEND: NE(not) in AND(even if) |
| 17 | KAMASUTRA: anagram of MARK and STUART without an R |
| 18 | NIELLATED: LATE(behind) in (LINED)* |
| 22 | DOCH,T: the DOCH comes from DOCH-AN-DORRIS which is in Chambers. I was looking for something like ROCK,T |
| 23 | SABKHA: (KASBAH)* – when I saw this I lamented that “rocked” wasn’t worked in as an anagrindicator |
| 24 | DAIKER: (A,KID)*,E,R |
| 26 | IMAMATES: AMI reversed, MATES |
| 27 | CATO(censor),MOUNTAIN(excess) |
| 28 | SZEKEL: Z in L,EKES reversed |
| 29 | MISUST: US in MIST |
| Down | |
| 1 | AMOS: SOMA reversed – thought this was the case, but went to check SOMA before putting it in |
| 2 | GIN AND IT: (AT,DINING)* |
| 3 | STRINKLES: S(square) then R in TINKLES |
| 4 | SENSUM: MUSES reversed with N inside |
| 5 | PATER,A |
| 6 | ATONY: ANTONY without the N(ag) |
| 7 | GEARSTICKS: (CAR,KITS,EG) then S(Sierra – radio code) |
| 8 | UTOPIAST: UTOPIA,ST |
| 10 | STEREOBATE: (BEAT)* (hey, there’s the rock I wanted to go with Kasbah!) after STEREO |
| 14 | AMNESICS: SIC(so) in (NAMES)* |
| 15 | JUDOISTS: JUTS(beetles) around D,ON,IS |
| 16 | ORCHESIS: OR, then I in CHESS (Murray Head, where are you now?) |
| 19 | AMATOL: A,TOL |
| 20 | TE DEUM: anagram of (DUET MORE) without OR |
| 21 | THAME: SHAME with T instead of S |
| 25 | RUNT: (TURN)* |
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