Annotated solutions for Genius 288

All solutions had to be ‘cycled’ before entry in the grid is such a way that the first and last down columns in the completed grid read:

CYCLICAL SOLUTION

Across

1 Ctpi: Pict picked (hom)

4 teersoverS: oversteers OVERS<T>EER + S(ix)

9 Yorkne: Orkney NE(w) YORK (anag)

10 ssiesglO; glossies GLOSS<I(ndependent)>ES

11 Citexpli: explicit X in TIE CLIP (anag)

12 lcaveL: Cavell CAVE + L(ega)L [Nurse Edith Cavell]

13 Llyrogerjo: Jolly Roger JOLLY (party) + ROGER (vulgar)

16 odqU: quod QUO(te)D

17 Iert: tier TIE + (goldfinge)R

19 edantiquaT: antiquated N(ote) in A(dult) QUIT DATE (anag)

22 Ctsexa: exacts EX + ACTS [more than one]

23 tfirespI: Spitfire S(mall) <PIT> FIRE

26 Arasitep: parasite PARAS + (s)ITE(d)

27 nsalmO: salmon SAL<(fil)M>ON

28 Lsschnitze: schnitzels THIN SLICES Z(unknown) less I(ngredient)

(anag)

29 obrN: Brno B<RN>O(nd) [Royal Navy]

Down

2 ttowi: to wit T(he)O(nly)W(ay)I(s) less E(ssex) + T(ense)

3 ickiebr: brickie BR<ICK(y)>IE

4 tyemp: empty EMPTY [empty B<ull>Y = BY]

5 esseivr: ivresse (d)RESS in (d)IVE

6 shillfort: hill forts THRILLS OF (anag)

7 veseado: sea dove SEA(l) + DOVE

8 relleaqua: aquarelle EQUILATERAL less IT (anag)

14 liestgris: grisliest GR (King George) + 1S<LIES>T

15 gredactin: redacting RE<D(epartment)>ACTING

18 tressac: actress aSSERT CAse (hidden rev)

20 artupst: upstart UP<STAR>T

21 quebaro: baroque BAR<O>QUE [with nothing inside]

24 ignde: deign Dane (hom)

25 phmor: morph MORPH(ine)