I hope I’ll be forgiven for utilising a pdf of the solution grid (full printed notes are being given as well). In the seven years since the puzzle appeared I’ve clearly forgotten how to invert some of the letters in my gridding software. I wonder how James Leonard did it (anyone got the printed solution to No. 785?). Come to that, I wonder how I did it.
For what it’s worth, Wellington’s antipodal city is actually Madrid (the only pair of capital cities that are more or less antipodal, I think). We don’t get anything like the same weather though – high central plain vs. perched on coastal channel makes quite a difference. For other antipodal fun, you should check what Formosa in Argentina is across the world from.
Kcit lives in New Zealand and answers in the lower half of the grid were entered inverted, with cross-checking relying on letters with rotational symmetry (H, I, N, O, S, X, Z) or forming new letters when rotated (M/W). Addition letters in wordplay spelled UNITED KINGDOM and NEW KCIT ZEALAND. ANTIPODES was entered antipodally.
ACROSS
1 DIS; I’d (rev.) + US
5 CESTOIDS; anag; N
12 IN HAND; in(n) hand
13 RELIT; tiler (rev.)
14 DOWDY; (w)Idow DY
15 TRAPE; trap e
18 HACHURE; haTch ure
20 MONAXON; onE in max on
21 SHOW; how in SD
23 MASS; maN’s s
24 HORIZON; H + RI in ozon(e)
25 TIL SEED; anag.
28 PANSY; panE SY
30 RENGA; Wagner (rev.)
32 PUPAL; pup Kal(e)
33 IONIST; Con is in it
34 ESCALOPE; anag; I
35 MOA; moaT
DOWN
1 DIDDUMS; did Dum(a)s
2 INRO; hidden; K
3 SHAWM; h a in swIm
4 BAND-SAWS; band saws; ref. Sir Henry W
6 EDITH; eNd it H
7 SAPPAN; sap panG
8 TROT-COZY; OTC oz in try
9 ILEA; I leaD
10 DISPROOF; is pro in foOd (rev.)
11 STYE; styMe
16 PASSES ON; p asses on
17 APOPLEXY; L in a Pope XYZ
19 YINGLISH; yin G,l ish
22 MICROHM; anag.
24 CAPLIN; cap linE
26 STINT; s tAint
27 ANANA; an in Lana
28 ELMY; mAle (rev.) + y
29 OPEN; No pen
31 OOZE; 0 in Doze
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