This was my 200th grid design, so I included a mix of symmetries (some reflection, some rotation) and a very bad joke (courtesy of my father). Which prophet? Isaiah, of course, because one EYE’s ‘igher than the other.
ACROSS
6 DADA; a in add (rev.)
8 ESMEE; hidden
9 OAKY; cf. okay
11 STOLID; l I in dots (rev.)
12 ALL MY EYE;
13 EYELINER; E Nile in rye (all rev.)
14 ROLL ON; roll + on
16 PROWESS; ow! in press
19 BRITTEN; R in bitten
21 FIERCE; fi(v)er CE
22 INTERVAL; RV in in teal
25 ADVOCATE; advoca(a)t e
27 OUTPUT; cf. put out
28 BOTANICAL GARDEN; anag.
DOWN
1 WALLFLOWER; w all f lower
2 HENDON; h end-on
3 IMPAIRS; I MP airs
4 CELLARER; e l l in carer & lit.
5 HOLY; h,o l.y
7 ANTSY; an t(e)s(t)y
10 KEYHOLE; key hole
15 LITERATURE; anag. – y
17 RAINDROP; I in ran Dr op
18 SCENARIO; scen(t) a Rio
20 WIRETAP; anag. inc. pi(nt)
23 TROUGH; t rough
24 AMULET; a mule t
26 OMAR; mo (rev.) + Ar
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