Hi, solvers, and thanks for checking out my puzzle - I hope it didn't put you to sleep. Drop me a comment and let me know how you got on. I've been absent for a week or two, and tinkering on this on-and-off over that time - pleased to finally get it finished and out the door. And as usual, the post-match wash-up (for the perennially perplexed) is below:
ACROSS. 1A. Anag. GETSARTY.6A. Remove end from "bread" = LOAF.7A. Double def.8A. "Sailor" = TAR + "a saint" = PAUL + IN as given.10A. Hidden in "touGHANAgram".12A. Reversal of "fall" = SAG.13A. Anag. CAVESAND.
DOWN. 1D. "A drink" = SHORT + "period" = AGE.2D. Removal of "pill" = E from "joint" = REEFER.3D. Double def.4D. Cryptic def. (ref. underground railway announcement notice, "Mind the gap.")5D. Anag. PHONY + "relative" = SIS.9D. "Record" = LOG + alternate letters in "pitch" = IC.11D. Remove last letter from "opera" = AIDA.
merlinnimue 🤓4:38 · 2023-11-06T00:05:26.827Z
Great as always, perennially wishing I could be one tiny bit as smart as you tinkerers and constructors
El Gordo 42 🤓18:19 · 2023-11-06T03:00:13.300Z
Great puzzle, I had to resort to an anagrammer to get one clue, and then the two words crossing it became evident. Loved the 8A and 4D clues!