You are all welcome.
It wasn't as hard as it looked, but I thought the unclued were somewhat arbitrary.
WTF are cashiers' socks ?? (last unclued after rD) Google wasn't very helpful.
I was quite amused by the use of [sic]. I'm Canadian, so "favourites" it is.
@Trevor Those should be square brackets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic#Formatting
(ever the pedant, eh?).
@Aristo & Ginge
sA was one I didn't care for at all. WES plural as "my team" !? Maybe I'm missing something.
Perhaps it could have been phrased differently:
Swimmers' lanes? My team takes (has) precedence.
The other was iA, but now I see it is in the
Cdn Oxford &
New Oxford American :
vt N Amer. informal clinch (a victory, deal, etc.)
hence, OK as an adjective.
Agree on bD & cD. Also liked aA, cA (*1), fD & jD (*2).
(*1) because of California's problems, cauliflower was $8 !! recently.
(*2) after 80 years, some US states & Canada are dumping those stupid laws brought about by Dupont, Hearst, et al.
I was not aware of the Mexican connection.
http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal/
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
I hope this doesn't get thrown out with the "new kitchen" dishwater.