"1 TIPSY TIP, "the point" + S and Y 4 PSEUDONYM P{S}EUDON{Y}M, DUE, "expected"<="back" + ON, "over" inside PM, "afternoon" with S and Y inserted 9 SATYRIC A + TRIC[-k] with S and Y inserted 10 OUTSTAY Anagram ("dilapidated") of "auto" with S and Y inserted"
"14 SIMPLICITY {S}IMPLICIT{Y} 15 OA[-t] with S to start and Y inserted 18 SONY {S}ON{Y}, ON being "working" 19 POSITIVELY LEVI "Strauss" + T(I)OP, "PuccinI ultimately inserted in high point" <="in retrospect" with S and Y inserted 21 EASTERLY Hidden in Gr eater L ondon with S and Y inserted 23 SLEEPY PEEL, "skin"<="seen in the mirror" flanked by S and Y 26 CAT'S EYE CATE, "Blanchett" + E, "beginning to Exhibit" with S and Y inserted"
Across entries present answers constructed by inserting S and Y into base words, anagrams, hidden strings, or abbreviations. Several across answers derive from simple insertion into short stems (TIPSY from TIP + S and Y; SONY as {S}ON{Y}). Other across entries use anagram indicators, reversals, containers, and concatenations (OUTSTAY, PSEUDONYM, SURVEY MAP, POSITIVELY). Down entries apply standard cryptic mechanisms including anagrams, hidden-word indicators, letterplay, and double definitions (PATROLMAN, YARD SALE, TASED, PICK). Proper names, abbreviations, and explicit insertion and flanking indicators recur throughout the puzzle.
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