Yahoo News Annotated solutions for Prize 28,733
* these 37 clues required a pair of letters to be added to their solutions before entry in the grid, making proper words in the process. These two-letter pairs are abbreviations of the names of US states and appear in the grid more of less correctly positioned in relation to each other.
Across
1* bring B(l/R)ING + AK (Alaska)
7 pawn PAW on N (knight)
9 Oporto 0<PORT>0
13 amoroso double def
15 whisker cryptic def [shaving]
16 specialised SPICES IDEAL (anag)
17 betides BET + SIDE (anag)
18 reel in cryptic def [fishing]
19 Eid DIE (rev)
20 amnesia SEAMAN I (anag)
21* Bute ‘beaut’ (hom) + NE (Nebraska0
22 adagio A(nno)D(omini) + AGIO [% charge on currency deals; Samuel Barber, composer]
24 carpet CAR<PE>T
26* pa PA [Maori settlement/Pennsylvania] + CT (Connecticut)
28 wicks WICK (royal burgh) + S(parkle)
32 rent day cryptic def [‘rent’ = ‘tear’]
34 Aesop (River)PO/SEA (rev)
37* ter T(h)E(o)R(y) [TER(race)] + VA (Virginia)
38 pinto PINT(4 gills) + 0 [horse]
39 electoral ROLL A-E ETC (anag)
40 lining cryptic def [silver lining]
41 Arsenal AR<S(econd)>ENA/L(eft)
45 cannon canon (hom) [canon law]
47 inclusive IN(con)CLUSIVE
51 combe COMBE(d) [D = duke]
52 atoll A TOLL
53 largo LAR(d)/GO
55 helices SCHIELE (anag)
56,54 on the air RIO ATHEN(s) (anag)
58 abrade A/BRAD/(fil)E
61 run dry (s/R)UNDRY
64* cane CAN/(fenc)E + AR (Arknsas)
68 Runcorn RUN CORN
69,57 ashiver ASH/IVER
71 static double def
73 Orleans O(ther)R(anks)/LEANS
75 transporter TRA(1)NS + PORTER
76* opine 0 + PINE + AL (Albama)
77 shimmer S<H(ot)>IMMER
78* ding double def + AZ (Arizona)
80* eland (hom)E/LAND + FL (Florida)
Down
1* bere BE(rwickshi)RE + WA (Washongton)
2* ame chAMEau (hidden) [French for ‘soul’] + ID (Idaho)
3 inkling cryptic def [The Inklings were Tolkien’s literary group]
4 garb GARB(o)
5* toit T(w)O (p)I(n)T(s) [French for ‘roof’] + MT (Montana)
6* loon LOO + N (knight) + ND (North Dakota)
7 posse POSSE(ssion)
8* elder triple def [Sir Mark Elder, conductor; bush; Senior] + WI (Wisconsin)
10* Polo interPOL Operations (hidden) or interpOL OPerations (hidden rev) + NY (New York)
11 resistants S(mall) TRAIN SETS (anag)
12* oldsters SHORTLISTED minus HIT (anag) [old term for midshipmen) + MA (Maryland)
14* rage double def + MI (Michigan)
21* Boer bore (him) + WY (Wyoming)
23* deer (River)DEE + R(iver) + NV (Nevada)
24* co C/O + IA (Iowa)
25,79 propane ON PAPER (anag)
27* bed double def + OR (Oregon)
29* planar P<LANA>R [Lana Turner] + CO (Clorado)
30* sin dresSINg (hidden) + KS (Kansas)
31 eventual VENUE AT (anag) + L(ent)
33 diable double def
35* sliest STILES (anag) + IL (Illinois)
36* P NATO alphabet [Oscar = O, then P] + IN (Indiana)
42* nim MIN(ute) (rev) + MO (Montana)
43* pier PIER(buttress) + CE(51down) = PIERCE (force entry) + NC (North Carolina)
44* ism I(nspiring)/S(o)/M(any) + DE (Delaware)
46 nil falL IN (hidden rev)
48* cere not half (62) CEREMONY (ritual) + OH (Ohio)
49* librated LIBRA/TED + CA (California)
50 modern jazz MODE/R(oyal)N(avy) + JAZZ
51* ce C(ommod)E + OK (Oklahoma)
59* boot double def + NM (New Mexico)
60* a rana AR(abic) + ANA + TX (Texas)
62 not half double def
63 tocsin toxin (hom)
65* Reid RE<I>D [Beryl Reid] + LA (Louisana)
66* alar (p)A(u)L (d)A(c)R(e) + MS (Missouri)
67* reed DEER (23) (rev) + SC (South Carolina)
70 horse double def
72* tai TAI(l) + GA (Georgia)
74 sore SO/RE(d)
