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Nothing difficult today so no further comments.
Across
1 IGNORAMUS *(SAIGON RUM)
6 TASTE S[culpture] in TATE (gallery)
9 LIGHTER dd
10 PAPYRUS PA (father) *(SYRUP)
11 MOTTO M (Frenchman) OTTO (German)
12 HAILSTONE HAILS (praises) TONE (style)
14 ORE [b]ORE (jade scratching head)
15 SHORT-CHANGE SHORT (suddenly) CHANGE (reform)
17 TRADE SECRET *(STREET CRED A)
19 DIG DI (detective) G (good)
20 PALLIASSE ALL (everything) I in PASSE (outworn)
22 HOP IT PI (private eye) in HOT (excited)
24 KARTING ART (duplicity) in KING (Rex)
26 TROUNCE TR (trustee) OUNCE (cat)
27 NONET ONE (a) in NT (books)
28 STRIKE OUT dd
Down
1 ISLAM I (a small number) SLAM (criticise)
2 NIGHTIE NIGH (closely) TIE (bind)
3 RETROUSSE RETRO (old-fashioned) US (American) S E (bridge players)
4 MARCHIONESS MARCH (protest) *(NOISES)
5 SAP hidden in ‘ponderoSA Pines’
6 TAPAS A (American) in TAPS (bugs)
7 SIRLOIN R (queen) in SILO (store) IN (popular)
8 EASTER EGG *(SEGREGATE)
13 INTERCEPTOR *(ROTTEN PRICE)
14 OUTSPOKEN OUTS (exposes) POKE (snoop) N (name)
16 HITCHCOCK HITCH (trouble) COCK (lift)
18 AILERON AIL (upset) ER[itrean] ON (over)
19 DIP INTO DI (little girl) PINTO (pony)
21 IDIOT I[magine] D[eath] I[s] O[nly] T[emporary]
23 TREAT E (earl) in TART (trollop) reversed
25 GAS SAG (slump) reversed
Gaufrid,
I’m willing to give the Tuesday FT a try.
Great, thanks Agentzero. Please send an email to the address given above if you haven’t already done so.
I am glad that the mantle has passed on. After having blogged on the Tuesday FT for a year, I took a break essentially to make way for someone else.
Gaufrid, I’ve sent the email.
Rishi, thanks for all of your blogs! I look forward to still seeing your wisdom in the comments on these pages.