Cryptic: Some Assassin
◆ · By wisprabbit · Published 2022-04-27T11:55:44.200Z
Constructor's Note
A themeless cryptic.
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Look where the sun sets to find the nadir (6)
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Across
- 6ATo gather around concerning good job would be quite a leap? (4, 4)
- 8AGlass seen on a panel show from somewhere in the Middle East (5)
- 10AInstil an attitude nearing disorder (7, variant)
- 11ASpoil some whisky (6)
- 12ABring guns back, but for men only (4)
- 14AFashion which was trite until the article became unknown (5)
- 15AIt's okay to double a note (2-2)
- 16ARandos found in mandatory HR kerfuffle about Richard (3, 4, 3, 5)
- 20AChief, we said, might be found in New Zealand (4)
- 21AGet more likes than radio when it switches date with time (5)
- 22AMuscles exercised in Specsavers (4)
- 24AMember rented out a band of jewellery (6)
- 25ASpin around in anger as a muse might? (7)
- 27ASome assassin in Japan! (5)
- 28AReturned Gambit, if Fargo has gang tags or murals (8)
Down
- 1DLook where the sun sets to find the nadir (6)
- 2DFirst signs of action get one gripping on the edge of one's seat (4)
- 3DIn an ancient era, Juliet and a son toured an ancient city (no, really) (8)
- 4DTrashed suites? Clean up with this (6)
- 5DCutting, like Ramon's instrument? (5-5)
- 7DA vehicle for 1p, a distant preoccupation (5-8)
- 9DTooth in Oregon chomping on chips, oddly (7)
- 12DTough crowd (3)
- 13DDog held up passing on, if all goes well (3, 7)
- 17DErgonomic, tidy, but without General Electric's input it's been causing some concern lately (7)
- 18DIn the worst case scenario, dodos may rampage (8)
- 19DI agree; you can read it in my essay (3)
- 21DPuritan usually centres ceremony (6)
- 23DOutspoken American nation consumed design (6)
- 26DIntelligence is not for our heads (4)