Across: 1. Head of house and sty is upset! (6) 4. Young animal’s lice run around compartment (7) 9. Trashed apartment earlier and became penniless (4 5) 10. Push back attempt to seize drug (5) 11. Worship used to be key (5) 12. Breaking off spirited meeting, letting vicar back in (9) 13. Treacherous creature’s ring gleams strangely outside (7) 15. Show two notes to old person (6) 17. Power tool noticed after dance... (6) 19. ...Teach me new design for cutting tool (7) 22. Attempt to contain every queen’s disloyalty (9) 24. Swerved in back lane with journalist (5) 26. Funny recording device is attached to leader (5) 27. Flyer carries caustic soda material (9) 28. Dante’s travelled behind Edward to Stratford, maybe (4 3) 29. Hosted top player on the radio after upsetting me (6) Down: 1. Disagrees with fellows organising rides outside (7) 2. In US cities one sees antelope (5) 3. Footwear gets old and breaks (9) 4. Cracked and walk out in the middle of recording (7) 5. Scholar goes into pub with 16 (5) 6. Clincher about band’s new record (9) 7. French Catherine returns without uniform to flat (6) 8. Old fathead soils pants! (6) 14. Treats prime side of skin (9) 16. Quietly marched out around unknown large animal (9) 18. Littered, maybe, with aid effort’s deliveries initially (7) 19. Six-footer might leave (6) 20. Suffered and died outside city (7) 21. Dolly’s sister cites a criminal (6) 23. Hide money, we are told (5) 25. Shoot the man following 26 (5) Solution: DYNAST==CUBICLE I=Y=A=F=L=A=H=V FLATBROKE=BARGE F=L=O=S=A=A=O=N EXALT=SEVERANCE R===A=I=E===I=D SMEAGOL=DEPICT= ==P=E=====A=L== =JIGSAW=MACHETE S=D===H=A=H===N TREACHERY=YAWED A=R=A=L=F=D=I=U COMIC=POLYESTER I=I=H=E=Y=R=H=E EASTEND==EMCEED Name: Puzzle 475 Author: by Steve Townsend Annos-Across: 1. DYNAST (anag and sty)(anagrind = is upset) 4. CUB (= Young animal) ICLE (anag lice)(anagrind = run around) 9. FLAT (= apartment) BROKE (= Trashed) 10. BARG (= attempt to seize - reversed) E(cstasy) 11. EX (= used to be) ALT (= key) 12. SE [VER (= REV reversed)] ANCE (= spirited meeting) 13. SMEAG [O (= ring)] L (anag gleams)(anagrind = strangely) 15. DE (= two notes) PICT (= old person) 17. JIG (= dance) SAW (= noticed) 19. MACHETE (anag Teach me)(anagrind = new design) 22. TR [EACH (= every) ER (= queen)] Y (= Attempt) 24. YAW (= WAY reversed) ED (= journalist) 26. CO (= leader) MIC (= recording device) 27. PO [LYE (= caustic soda)] STER (= Flyer) 28. E(dward) AST END (anag Dante's)(anagrind = travelled) 29. EM (= ME reversed) CEED (= homophone SEED) Annos-Down: 1. DI [FF (= fellows)] ERS (anag rides)(anagrind = organising) 2. N(ew) Y(ork) A (= one) L(os) A(ngeles) 3. SABOT (= Footwear) AGES (= gets old) 4. C [LEAVE (= walk out)] D (= recording) 5. BA [BA (= Scholar)] R (= pub) - 16 = 16 down 6. CHR [O (= band)] NICLE (anag Clincher)(anagrind = new) 7. EVENED [(Catherine) DENE (-U) VE reversed] 8. F(at) OSSIL (anag soils)(anagrind = pants) 14. EPIDERMIS (anag prime side)(anagrind = Treats) 16. P (= Quietly) ACH [Y (= unknown)] DERM (anag marched)(anagrind = out) 18. W(ith) HELP (= aid) E(ffort's) D(eliveries) 19. MAY (= might) (FLY (= leave) 20. END [UR (= city)] ED (= died) 21. STACIE (anag cites a)(anagrind = criminal) 23. CACHE (homophone - CASH) 25. WIT (= 26 across) HE (= the man) Defs-Across: 1. Head of house 4. compartment 9. penniless 10. Push 11. Worship 12. Breaking off 13. Treacherous creature 15. Show 17. Power tool 19. cutting tool 22. disloyalty 24. Swerved 26. Funny 27. material 28. Stratford, maybe 29. Hosted Defs-Down: 1. Disagrees 2. antelope 3. breaks 4. Cracked 5. 16 6. record 7. flat 8. Old 14. skin 16. large animal 18. Littered, maybe 19. Six-footer 20. Suffered 23. Hide 25. Shoot