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Solving time: 53:56 - Mainly being held up by 6 (didn't know the word) and 16 (struggled to decode the wordplay)

Looking back at it now, I think I must have been tired, since there don't seem to be any stinkers amongst the clues and the only word I didn't know was the one I've already mentioned.


cd = cryptic def., dd = double def., rev = reversal, homophones are written in quotes, anagrams as (--)*, and removals like this

Across
1StAKE
3MARASCHINO = MAR + CHINO about AS
9ABYSMAL = LAMA rev about (BY + errorS)
11OMNIBUS = US after (OM + NIB)
12CROISSANT = C + ROT about (AS SIN)*
13RA + BID
14PERMEABILITY = LIT in (PIER MAYBE)*
18BLACKCURRANT = (LACK + Country) in RUB rev + RANT
21T(H)ORN
22BAD + MINT + ON
24RAP + PORT
25MAY + Film + AIR
26HE + ADS + ThRONG
27PIT + Y
Down
1SEASCAPE = CAP in (S + EASE)
2KEYBOARD = (BOA + RD) after KEY
4ALL + O + A
5APOSTOLIC = (CLOTS + O + PA) all rev about I
6CONFRATERNITY = CONFER about RAT + NIT + Y
7IMBIBE = IE about (M + Barn In Britain)
8ONSIDE hidden in 'Nations idelly'
10MISCELLANEOUS = (ILL OMENS CAUSE)*
15BACKBITER = BACK + (TRIBE)*
16PASTRAMI = (PAST + I) about RAM
17STINGRAY = (GRAIN)* in STY
19ST + ARCH
20HOOPLA = sHOO + ALP rev
23DE(MO)N

Comments

ulaca
Mar. 2nd, 2012 04:41 am (UTC)
I was toying with 'benighted' at 15dn - for no particularly good reason, on reflection. It was that kind of puzzle.