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Across
COMPARE
ELEGANT
ROADS
PRACTICAL
A BIT STEEP
RESIN
OCEANS
EPISODE
SPARTAN
REFUSE
FRAIL
ENCOURAGE
AUTOPILOT
NORTH
EARNERS
DWELLER
Down
CEREAL
MIAMI
ASSISTANT
EXPRESS
EXAMPLE
ENTER
ANCESTORS
TALENTED
CHARACTER
INFLUENCE
AS OF LATE
NEEDLES
RECITED
TETHER
LAPSE
AURAL

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hi, can you please explain 26 across? Obviously an anagram of A Tulip too, but why does Autopilot = George?
Hi Rowan… Thanks for the query! In the early days, pilots would apparently refer to the autopilot colloquially as ‘George’. ie ‘Let’s let George take over now’.
Thanks! I wouldn’t have got that in a million years, as have never heard that colloquialism.
I also would like 9 across explained. I got it as highways = roads. But what is ‘Arden at first getting in sticks’?
Arden first = A. Put that into RODS (sticks)
PS it’s helpful if you post the whole clue in your comment 🙂
22 across on puzzle 1213. What has “break down about the end of september” got to do with the answer? Thanks
Hi Don… ‘in poor health’ is the definition. ‘Break down’ is FAIL, put that around (‘about’) the letter R which is ‘the end of September’.
Great, thanks. We’re new to cryptic crosswords, but enjoying the listener ones. Slowly getting our heads around them. Cheers.
Tossman is a good place to start! Kropotkin is harder because he uses a lot of obscure words. The Everyman crossword is generally very well-written I think. Enjoy….