Ooops, just realized it’s my turn to post it and I haven’t even solved it yet, busy week. This should appear late Sunday or Monday. Feel free to discuss, and sorry Paul!
Thanks for your patience… I usually try to get this written in advance when I’m heading out of town, but sometimes things sneak up on me. This took a little while to get a handle on, but once a few key entries were in, the rest of the grid came together nicely. Still a little iffy on a few wordplay elements, but hopefully they will work themselves out while I write this up.
Away we go…
Across | |
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1 | AZTEC TWO-STEP: Z(zero) in (WE COP AT TEST)* |
10 | SCRAN(grub=food),CH |
11 | BUD,GE |
12 | PLATE(gild),AU |
13 | S,KELP: “wrack” as “seaweed cast ashore” was new to me |
17 | REPEAT: REP(one traditionally on the road) beside EAT(put away) |
18 | MULETA: I think this is MULE and then TAB(drug, like a tab of LSD) with the last letter removed |
19 | NAINSEL: (INN’S,ALE)* |
21 | RAVEL: double def |
22 | A,R,NUT |
23 | SEAM,ARK: don’t see the connection to Trinity House |
24 | GO(success),G(end of makinG),LET(cancelled service in tennis) |
25 | SN(according to nature),1,PES(foot) |
29 | PILAU: hidden |
30 | ECOCIDE: anagram of DEMOCRACIES – ARMS |
31 | IN ALL – reverse of ALL IN |
32 | PAJOCKE: A,J in POCKET |
33 | EGGS BENEDICT? At least I think so – it fits the enumeration and difnition, but I’m stuck on wordplay here |
Down | |
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2 | TRAP(fault),P(piano),IN,G,S |
3 | EAT,H: here MESS is being used as a verb |
4 | T-CART: C in TART – TART as someone who changes their mind regularly was a new one to me |
5 | W,HUM,MLE: the last part is ELM reversed. Also had to verify HUM as meaning HOAX |
6 | OBSCURANT: (COURT’S,BAN) |
7 | SUKH: reverse KH and US(we, turned over) |
8 | EG,LATE,RES |
9 | PEP TAKE: (PAL,KEPT)* |
14 | SEAR(catch),O, |
15 | TASTE BULB: the first part is |
16 | CEVAPCICI: (rickety,CIVIC) |
19 | NAG(find fault with),A,PIE(spoil) |
20 | EST,RE,PE |
25 | SIC,AN: SIC =n such in Scots |
26 | SWEET: sounds like SUITE |
27 | SALS: at least I think so from the definition. Not sure how the wordplay works here |
28 | E,COD |
At 23A Trinity House are responsible for the upkeep of light houses, marker buoys, and so on