| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | DEMOCRATIC: DEMOCRAT (like Hillary Clinton) + IC (in charge) |
| 9 | OPAL: OP (work) + A L (a beginner) |
| 10 | FENESTRATE: anagram of ERNEST in FATE |
| 11 | STATUS: S US (South America) around TA T (thanks to time) |
| 12 | RENEGADE: anagram of ANGERED + E (end of truce) |
| 13 | DYNAMITE: MANY (reversed) in anagram of TIDE |
| 18 | BANISTER: &Lit |
| 22 | POIGNANT: PO (river) + IGNANT (ignorant without or) |
| 23 | REMEDY: hidden and reversed in buY DEMERara |
| 25 | PENICILLIN: anagram of NICE PILL IN |
| 27 | NAVY: VAN (reversed) + Y (yard) |
| 28 | YESTERDAYS: refers to Alice Rock a two piece band (not sure I see the cryptic bit unless it is purely &Lit) |
| Down | |
| 2 | EMPATHY: anagram of THEY MAP |
| 3 | OWLET: &Lit |
| 4 | REFUSNIK: REFUS (refuse cut short) + KIN reversed |
| 5 | TEN GREEN BOTTLES: &Lit |
| 6 | CASINO: A SIN (an evil) in CO (company) |
| 7 | EGREGIOUS: EG (for example) + REG (king) + IOUS (debts) |
| 14 | AMBIGUITY: BIG U (large university) in AMITY |
| 16 | ENTRANCE: anagram of CENTRE A N (new) |
| 18 | CHOLERA: HOLE in anagram of CAR |
| 21 | CAVITY: A V (a very) in CITY (finance centre) |
| 24 | MATED: as in to mate, to win a hand, and to win a game of chess |
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28A I think that this is more likely a reference to the Alice from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and (more particularly) “Through the Looking Glass”, in which the White Queen declares
“The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday — but never jam to-day”
Is there any way by which one blogger could send a private message to another?
I couldn’t find the email IDs of the bloggers anywhere around here.
Anyway –
The typo in the solution to 12ac. could perhaps be fixed.