Puzzle Solutions – Edition 84

Crossword

Just to show that cryptic clues are not totally divorced from reality, each contains a link that shows the (albeit at times tenuous) basis for the clue!

Across:

1 CD When “AHAT” is dropped, M(ahat)MA becomes MMA = AT THE DROP OF A HAT (all of a sudden)  https://bartaxelrod.medium.com/mahatma-gandhi-indomitable-will-ep-martial-arts-9403c3964e1d

9 AB’S (sailor’s) TRACT (lot) = ABSTRACT (summary)  https://youtu.be/zw0FZs_J2IE?si=SY1RYrK98J7H3dsJ

10 SPAT (quarrel) reversed (about) and containing (being caged) alternate letters (occasionally) of bEaRs = TAPERS (eases off)  https://youtu.be/Odp8u3VhF08?si=adKXU2RA-mwCyqvp