Azed 2257 — Right & Left

It seems that Azed gives us one of these specials, or something like it, every two or three years, and very enjoyable it is. Although, as he says himself in his preamble, ‘The individual clues forming part of each double clue may not make much sense’ he says nothing about the combined versions, which dare I say it, don’t always make much sense either. But perhaps that doesn’t matter too much. However, I suspect that the vast majority of the clues that are successful in this month’s clue-setting competition will have neatly-formed surfaces.

This is Azed’s preamble: “Apart from 1 Across, which is normal, each clue is really two clues, side by side but not overlapping, the answers to which are to be entered in the two similarly numbered spaces in the diagram, either side of the central vertical bold line. Either word may be clued first, and the division is not necessarily marked by punctuation.
Solvers must determine which goes where. The individual clues forming part of each double clue may not make much sense. Competitors should submit with their solutions a double clue to replace the asterisked definitions at 11 Across (which are presented in alphabetical order of their solutions).”

It would have been too risky to write answers straight into the newspaper, since the chance of its being correct was only 50%. Sure enough my punt turned out to be in the wrong 50%; however, I did it all on a piece of paper, the grid drawn in wavering pencil, with ENCHERCROSSB across the top, before transposing it correctly into the published empty grid.

I have inserted a / in each clue (except of course 1ac) to show the two separate clues; how they fit together is shown in the accompanying diagram; and definitions are underlined.