| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | NEEDLEWORK: NEEDLE (niggle) + WORK (operation) |
| 7 | COVE: most of a COVE(N) |
| 9 | CHIC: H (hotel) in CI (channel islands) + C (west of Cuba, i.e. first letter) |
| 10 | CASHIERING: anagram of CHARGE IS IN |
| 12 | REHEARSE: REHEARS (tries again, in court) + E (energy) |
| 13 | PLETHORA: THOR in PLEA |
| 17 | IBEX: BE (live) in XI (reversed, being a team) |
| 19 | INUNDATE: anagram of UNITED AN |
| 22 | WIND-DOWN: WIN (gain) + D (David began) + DOWN (as in down tools) |
| 23 | DEFINE: FINE (penalty) after DE (outside letters, case, of delicate) |
| 25 | MICROPHONE: PHONE after MICRO |
| 26 | NIGH: inside of KNIGHT (answer to 6dn) |
| 27 | AHOY: every second letter (i.e. regularly) of (e)A(c)H(b)O(d)Y |
| 28 | AUTOPILOTS: anagram of UP TO IT ALSO |
| Down | |
| 2 | ETHICAL: anagram of THE CIA L (left) |
| 3 | DACHA: hidden in switzerlanD A CHAlet |
| 4 | ESCARGOT: anagram of STORAGE C (Cold without ‘old’; thanks to Rishi for pointing this out). |
| 5 | OBSERVATION POST:&Lit |
| 7 | CURTAILED: TAILED (followed) after CUR |
| 8 | VENISON: VE (victory in Europe) + IS in NON (French refusal) |
| 14 | TAXIDERMY: TAXI + DER (German ‘the’) + MY (motorway borders) |
| 18 | BRITISH: anagram of BIRTH IS |
| 20 | TONIGHT: ON (working) in TIGHT |
| 21 | HOOP-LA: POOH (reversed) + LA (West coast city) |
| 24 | FINAL: FAL(l) (fall finishing early) around I N (1 November) |
3 comments on “Financial Times 12,733 (Orense)”
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Re ESCARGOT, I think it’s an anagram of ‘cold storage’ after deleting ‘old’ from ‘cold’ as indicated by ‘not old’.
Yes, of course. Thank you.
I don’t see why it was necessary to remove the ‘old’ – c = cold anyway, doesn’t it?