* A word of at least two letters (indicated in bold below) had to be removed from each clue before solving and fitting the solutions in the grid. These words, in order of their clues’ grid position, are the 10 tracks on the Pink Floyd album, The Dark Side of the Moon, released 50 years ago. (It is spelled out clockwise in the grid’s inner perimeter, starting with the T of RECREATE.) These are:
Speak to Me, Breathe (In the Air), On the Run, Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage and Eclipse.
adder (l)ADDER s(us)pending
afterlife FA(the)R I FELT (anag) + E(cstasy)
ascendant END in STANCE (anag) (Sky)
asthma MATHS (anag) + A(nswer) scatter(brain)ed
bound (lu)N(ar) in DOUB(t) (anag) (eclipse)
canon CA<NO>N (In)-law
cerebella finanCE REBEL LAndowners (hidden) (the)
darkened DAR<KEN>ED (them)
depict beloveD EPIC Tale (hidden) (in)
discards DISC + A<RD>S (speak)
distasteful DIS + LEFT AT US (anag) (money)
editor E<D(note)/I/TO>R (breathe)
exterminate N(orth)A(merican) in (air)base E/X(multiplied by)/TERMITE
fiddle D(ownloa)D in FILE (damage)
finished FINISH/E(veryone)/D(ying) (the)
harmed (to)ME in HARD
identifying I<DENT>I/F(l)YING less(on) left
ingestion (f)INGE(r) + NO IT’S (rev) (colour)
inundate (gig)ANTI(c) DUNE (anag)
metrical (b)RI(g)(and)/C(aught) in METAL
miscasts MIS<CAST>S (you)
princess PR<INC>ESS (me)
recreate RE’CREATE (Like)
shamus SHAM/US (Time)
skiing S<KI(n)>ING wea(the)rs
steady STEAD/Y(armouth) (Great)
sushi S<US>HI(p) (run)
termination NATION with TIMER (anag) (any)