Smashing puzzle from The Don – 28 across brill
Across
1 ANARCHIC lacking proper rule A R (king) in AN CHIC (elegant)
6 STROBE is flashy ST (saint) ROBE (garment)
9 ANIMAL what vet looks at I’M (this person’s) in ANAL (in back passage)
10 MARKSMAN crack shot MARKS (sounds like Marx) MAN (fellow)
11 HYMN thing to sing – sounds like HIM (not her)
12 MEANDERING tortuous RED< (Leftie with spin) in MEANING (definition)
14 BITTERNS birds TERN (bird) in BITS (morsels)
16 GLEN valley L (lake) in GEN (general)
18 OPPO colleague hidden in [sh]OP PO[ssibly]
19 ONE-HORSE dd (humorous)
21 PERSIFLAGE teasing I FLAG (weaken) in PER SE (by its very nature)
22 ACTS book [f]ACTS (information)
24 CAREFREE insouciant REF (sports official) in CREE[d] (statement of belief)
26 VEILED obscure VE (victory – VE Day) I LED (showed the way)
27 NEARLY not quite N (noon) EARLY (time for worm catching)
28 YOSEMITE National Park USA
YO (informal greeting) SEMITE (Jew or Arab)
Down
2 NANNY child-minder [rotte]N [children]N in NAY (negative)
3 RUMINATIONS thoughts RUM (odd) NATION (country) in IS
4 HALLMARK distinctive feature H (hot) ALL (everyone) MARK (gospeller)
5 COMPASSIONATELY in a sympathetic way (COMPLAINT SO EASY)*
6 STRIDE walk ST (street) RIDE (take the bus)
7 RAS Ethiopian prince RAS[h] (foolhardy)
8 BRAINLESS dim B (bishop) RAINLESS (dry)
13 REGIONALISM political theory (IGNORES MALI)*
15 IMPRECATE curse (ACT EMPIRE)*
17 RESERVES dd
20 AFFRAY fight FR (father) in A FAY (a girl)
23 TRENT river TORRENT (flood) minus OR (yellow)
25 EAR listener hidden in [f]EAR[some]
( )* = anagram [ ] = omit < = reverse dd = double definition
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