“In ten clues, part or all of the definition has had a letter added and the result jumbled, sometimes creating additional wordage. These clues need to be reconstructed before solving and then the ten extra letters arranged to describe how the answers to these clues are to be treated before (to complete the TRIPLE CHANGE) being entered at a different location in the grid. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
The ten added letters can be arranged to form ANAGRAMMED.
The ten thematic answers are treated as follows:
LIBRATE -> TRIABLE
HECTARE -> TEACHER
STRIPE -> SPRITE
CORSET -> COSTER
SCEPTRE -> SPECTRE
STILE -> ISTLE
PARENT -> ENRAPT
NECTAR -> RECANT
ALIEN -> ANILE
TEARS -> ASTER
The triple change for 11ac is therefore imposed -> poised, LIBRATE -> TRIABLE, 11ac -> 19ac.
I found this quite a workout. I don’t recall seeing the treatment of the definitions in any previous puzzles, but I don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of them.
‘Died in this place’ being D HERE was sneaky. I was sure it was going to be some form of obiit hic.
Certainly an enjoyable romp, though!
| Notation | |
|---|---|
| Definition | word |
| Indicator | [word] |
| Anagram | WORD* |
| Reversal | <WORD |
| Homophone | “WORD” |
| Definition before and after | word [word] |
| Across | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Savoury pastry‘s S (special) [in] SAMOA (part of Polynesia) (6)
|
SAMOSA | |
| 6 | < [Overturned] VAT (tank) HAS* [reconditioned] iron plates (6) | TAVAHS | |
| M | 11 | LIBRA (Pound) TE (note) to be imposed [poised] (7) | LIBRATE |
| 12 | Wine-flavoured fruit < droP IN EGypt [not completely] [withdrawn] (5) | GENIP | |
| 13 | Lighter hand cart (4) | PRAM | |
| 14 | More like a beard – |
AWNIER | |
| 15 | Delay < [revolutionary] RAT (renegade) [infiltrating] RED (former squadron) (6) | RETARD | |
| 18 | Partisan D (died) HERE (at this place) – [overcome by] ANT |
ADHERENT | |
| M | 19 | [In] HER (the woman’s) [term of] |
HECTARE |
| 21 | [Reportedly], “AIRER (wet gear put on this) EU component (4) | EIRE | |
| 23 | E (European) [visits] CAN (lavatory) in French city (4) | CAEN | |
| 24 | ARIA (Solo song) [covers] ANN (old Scotsman’s payment to widow) in Goehr’s opera (7) | ARIANNA | |
| 26 | Problem balancing liquid intake‘s [complicated] – U |
OLIGURI | |
| A | 30 | TRIP (Small flock of sheep) [in outskirts of] S |
STRIPE |
| 31 | T (Time) |
TATTLE | |
| 32 | Concerning [contents of] tIN REmoved (4, two words) | IN RE | |
| 33 | Applause [during] < reciTAL CErtainly [making comeback] (5) | ECLAT | |
| 34 | He will have informed Attorney General RE (about) LAT (money from Riga) OR (once before) (7) | RELATOR | |
| 35 | Monkey from |
RHESUS | |
| R | 36 | COR (Coroner) SET (incited) satyrs [stays] (6) | CORSET |
| Down | |||
| 2 |
Macron’s after A (American) PRES (president) (5)
|
APRES | |
| 3 |
MATE* [cooked] [first portions of] P
|
MEAT PIE | |
| 4 | Commotion: AB (sailor)[‘s apprehended by] [worried] TOURIST* (9) | STIRABOUT | |
| 5 | AID (Helper) [pulls] |
ARID | |
| D | 6 | [In the end], |
SCEPTRE |
| 7 | [With rising E (eccentricity)], VENERA |
VENEREAL | |
| A | 8 | STIL |
STILE |
| 9 | “HIDE” (Whip) [announced] Mac’s turned to the left (4) | HIED | |
| E | 10 | [Vacuously], E |
PARENT |
| 11 | TRAPS* [flounders] (small fish) (5) | SPRAT | |
| 16 | [Badly-constructed] {[tail of] |
SEMIANGLE | |
| 17 | Rappers GAS (talk) [about] ANGST (stress) (8) | GANGSTAS | |
| 20 | LADDERS (Runs) [R |
LARDERS | |
| 22 | Princess IN (on good terms with) FAN (admirer), TA (thank you very much!) (7) | INFANTA | |
| N | 23 | Newest [sweet] drink NEAR (left) [outside] CT (court) (6) | NECTAR |
| A | 25 | LIE (Be still) [occupying] A N (new) garden seat [estranged] (5) | ALIEN |
| G | 27 | Badges [beads] from Spain entering ratings (5) | TEARS |
| 28 | Stage covering (5) | APRON | |
| 29 | Every single |
EACH | |
| 30 | On record, CHER[‘s last] [to appear on] EVE (day before festival) (4) | EVER | |
| S | A | M | O | S | A | T | A | V | A | H | S |
| S | P | E | C | T | R | E | G | E | N | I | P |
| P | R | A | M | I | I | A | W | N | I | E | R |
| R | E | T | A | R | D | C | S | E | L | D | I |
| A | S | P | G | A | D | H | E | R | E | N | T |
| T | R | I | A | B | L | E | M | E | I | R | E |
| C | A | E | N | O | A | R | I | A | N | N | A |
| O | L | I | G | U | R | I | A | L | F | A | S |
| S | E | S | S | T | D | E | N | R | A | P | T |
| T | A | T | T | L | E | V | G | I | N | R | E |
| E | C | L | A | T | R | E | L | A | T | O | R |
| R | H | E | S | U | S | R | E | C | A | N | T |
Blimey, a real mind-bender this one, with so many levels to try and remain on top of! I was fortunate to make an educated guess early on that the letters would spell ANAGRAMMED which was certainly a help but this was still a challenge right until the end. Very satisfied to have completed it, thanks Kruger.