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DA 2014/06/20

19D is ANAGRAM, and every clue has had one word in the definition replaced by an anagram.

Across
1. Tom’s => Most
5. Bride’s => Debris
10. hornet => throne
11. reunites => retinues
12. Night => Thing
13. hatred => thread
14. Hustler’s => ruthless
16. Aral => Lara
18. doorbell => bordello
20. ads => sad
23. groans => sarong
24. Flow => wolf
26. Unseals => sensual
27. Lanced => candle
28. notes => tones
29. Sartre => arrest

Down
2. Times => smite
3. Bella => label
4. loans => salon
6. Rescue => secure
7. Tame => meat
8. stream => master
9. Cardies => sidecar
15. trap => part
17. Sole => lose
19. Clambers => scramble
21. camps => scamp
25. state => taste

DA 2013/11/01

The theme, 6D 24D, is DELIBERATE TYPO. Every definition has one letter wrong. They are:

Across
8: Cater / Hater
9: verNe / verSe
10, 2: fUr / fAr
11: armY / armS
12: sHooter / sCooter
14: outsiZe / outsiDe
15: plaNe / plaCe
17: Gin / Win
20: fiX / fiT
22: Cake / Fake
23: sHack / sNack
24: rIot / rOot
25: daiLy / daiSy
26: sTeaks / sNeaks

Down:
1: Rated / Dated
3: diTty / diRty
4: skIll / skUll
5: Perving / Serving
6: poWder / poNder
7: saY / saD
13: Might / Sight
16: Punning / Cunning
18: loVer / loSer
19: nOtion / nAtion
21: piNched / piTched
22: sCud / sPud
24: blAnder / blUnder

Invisible Men

Male names in DA’s SMH crossword for 20th July 2012:

Across
1. HAL
5. TIM
9. DALE
10. DON
11. IAN
12. AL
14. NICK
15. WILL
19. BEN
22. SAM
26. MATT
27. ERIC

Down
2. ED
3. ARCHIE
6. DES
7. YO
8. ETHANE
13. LESTER
18. TOM
20. CHRIS

UPDATE: Per Ian at DATrippers, 7D is not an Invisible Man (I had thought it was BAN + YO = suburb of Brisbane). So now I’m missing one.

UPDATE 2: Found it (12 across).

UPDATE 3: 8D is a lot more common that I’d thought. Thanks to RK.

By way of comparison

(DA 2012/05/18)

There should be 17 of these according to the rubric. Please feel free to add the 17th in comments.

UPDATE: 5D spotted by DATrippers.com commenter JJ.

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: 5D was spotted by Tim Aubrey first.

Across
12 Mad as a cut snake
15 High as a kite
16 Slippery as an eel
17 Red as a beet
18 Pissed as a newt
24 Calm as a millpond
27 Lean as a bean (this is the one that is reversed)

Down
1 Slow as a wet week
2 Dry as a Pommy’s towel [Grr!]
4 Blind as a bat
5 Old as Methuselah
7 Cold as ice
8 Quiet as the grave
13 Black as the Ace of Spades
14 Pure as the driven snow
22 Neat as a pin
28/23 Snug as a bug in a rug