Sunday, June 1, 2025, Sam Brody

MAKING ARRANGEMENTS

The title says it all, as usual. The clues for the theme entries must be arranged - anagrammed - into new words, and that new word and a modifier meaning "arranged" will form the answer. As in:

LEGAL NICETY - GENETICALLYENGINEERED
RESIST - TWISTEDSISTER
and
ROYAL PERMIT - TEMPORARILYOUTOFORDER

It's a common idea, and it's done well here.

"Aid-de-camp?" was a cute QMC for TENTPEG, and "What you will" was an excellent non-QMC for ESTATE. Also cute: "Desirable formation for ducks" (ROW). Heh. 

Fun Sunday.

- Horace