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‘Twas Ever Thus solution

 

 

This puzzle came out of a visit to Wellington by Sir Ian McKellen to perform King Lear (with Sylvester McCoy as his Fool).  The quotation used just stood out as it was said, and I was rather surprised to find it not referenced anywhere.  It does seem a likely candidate – although equally it has many equivalents to fight against, I suppose.

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The quotation was from King Lear Act IV: (‘Tis the) time’s plague, when madmen lead the blind.  Each unclued answer consisted of a synonym for madmen, followed by a type of blind.

ACROSS

1          CROTALA; rot in caT = la

6          EPIC; I.e. pic

9          OUT OF ORDER; anag. inc. M

11        SET-UP; seE + put (rev.)

13        TENSON; tens(e) Son

15        SETT; Pet in St.

16        OSTIA; Lost I a

17        JOINDER; in in jo deAr

18        PENK; peG n,k

19        RECASTING; anag. inc. U

21        LION; liE on

23        BRAVOES; braW voes

24        OFFAL; off Hal(e)

25        DUOS; sou(r)Ed

28        LAUNCH; aN(y) in lunch

30        SECAM; aces (rev.) MM

31        OUTWEIGHED; anag. inc. A in duo (rev.)

32        EATH; Death

33        ORNETTE; nett in More

DOWN

2          RUPEE; ruE pee (= p)

3          TOSS; toNs s

4          AFFORDABLE; Lord in affable

6          EDEN; neEde(d) (rev.)

7          PETITE; Ait in Pete

10        UNTIE; it (rev.) in Dune

12        USING; (r)usTing

14        PORTAKABIN; port a HK a bin

19        RIFLE; r I fleE

20        NOUNY; 0 in anag. inc. B

22        OFFCUT; o ff cuLt

26        OCTET; hidden inc. I

27        MATH; maN th(e)

29        URGE; r,g in Due

 

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