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Enigmatic Variations No. 1129: Bang! – solution

There is a blog on fifteensquared for this puzzle, as well as my own setter’s blog elsewhere on this site.

Filled solution grid

The central block of 3×3 squares initially spelled SUPERNOVA and changed to BLACK HOLE, which solvers were to shade black.  There were only eight clashes as the O is in seventh place in both SUPERNOVA and BLACK HOLE.

ACROSS

1              MITHRAIC; anag.

8              CHUT; chut(e)

12           ULNAE; an (rev.) in ule

13           EASE; (l)ease

14           ERECTER; r etc. ere (all rev.)

16           ROSIN/ROBIN; or (rev.) + in

17           RITES/KITES; I + set (rev.)

18           ENGLAND; L in eng. and

20           SPICE/SAICE; ‘s ice

22           BETOSS; to in Bess

24           NONCE; non CE

25           SOUTHERN CROSS; anag.

27           CYMAE; anag. – ad

29           AEETES; été in sea (rev.)

31           TINCT; n c in tit

34           RUCTION; anag.

35           SARAN/SARAH; SA RA

37           EVIAN/ELIAN; n a i.e. (all rev.)

38           GILL ALE; ill in gale

40           SIGN; g in sin

41           ALGAE;A separately in age

42           TELA/TELE; let (rev.)

43           EGRESSES; serge (rev.) + se(t)s

DOWN

1              MEER/MEEK; E in me

2              IDRIS; d in iris

3              TEETOTUMS; tee to tums

4              RUT; tur(n) (rev.)

5              ALEXIS; a lexis

6              CATNEP; pent a/c (all rev.)

7              VERGENCE; enc. in verge

8              CEOL MOR; anag. – d + or

9              USING; (m)using

10           TENDRESSE; dress in tene

11           ACES; (r)aces

15           RECURVING; recur v(y)ing

19           OBSCUREST; obs cures t

21           KNOTGRASS; knot gras(p)s

23           SHEKINAH; Nike (rev.) in Shah

26           TARTANA/TARTANE; art in tan

28           O’TOOLE; too in olé

29           ANTIAR; anti-Ar

30           JUVIE/JULIE; jui(c)e

32           TALE/TALC; hidden

33           SALUE/SALLE; anag.

36           NEWS/HEWS; Swe(den) (rev.)

39           LEE; eel (rev.)

 
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