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Independent 1033: solution

Here’s the solution and a full set of notes.  Having typed the whole thing in, and looked at the clues, I’d say that this was not very far from the sort of puzzle you’d get from me today.  I don’t think I’d clue 13 down that way any more and 27 across doesn’t mean anything very much now I come to look at it.  (The sole editorial intervention, in 18 down, was not to my taste since it meant the published version deploys the abbreviation used in the clue as part of the wordplay.)

ACROSS

1             ADELPHI; anag.

5             SWAHILI; hi! in laws (rev.) + I

9             OSCILLATE; 0 sc(in t)illate

10           KELSO; ke(en) LSO

11           ERODE; rod in e,e

12           UNCLEARED; uncle a Red

14           BEHIND ONE’S BACK;

17           CAUSE AND EFFECT; anag.

21           TRANSIENT; art (rev.) + anag.

23           GULLY; 2 mngs.

24/22d  ICING SUGAR; anag.

25           DRAMATIST; dram + is in a TT

26           HUMDRUM; hum d rum

27           ENDORSE; end + S in ore

DOWN

1             AVOCET; ova (rev.) + anag.

2             ENCLOSE; (f)enc(e) lose

3             PULVERISE; pul(l) + I in verse

4             IN ABUNDANCE; I n a bun dance

5             SUE; su(it)e

6             ANKLE; an + elk (rev.)

7             ILLYRIA; ill + airy (rev.)

8             IRON DUKE; anag. in Ike

13           CONCENTRATE; con + at in centre

15           SAFEGUARD; fas(t) + anag.

16           SCOTTISH; c in sot + anag.

18           URANIUM; rani in U um

19           COLLIER; collie r

20           MYRTLE; try in elm (all rev.)

25           DAM; mad (rev.)

 

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