In today's offering we need to keep in mind that there are NOIFSANDSORBUTS in any of the theme answers. So to "*Confirm to be true" is not to "verify" but VERY, "*Armed thieves" are not "bandits" but BITS, and "*Someone who knows how the sausage gets made?" is not a "butcher" but, simply, CHER. Come to think of it, she might also know.
Clues like "Companionship?" (ARK) and "L'il belly" (TUM) seemed of a slightly different style, and I welcome them. There was a nice pairing of "Supporting" (FOR) and "Not supporting" (ANTI), and it still managed to get in some solid crosswordese with ATRA and OSLO.
Overall, I liked it. I didn't count to check whether there were equal numbers of words without if, and, and but, but it hardly matters.
Nice Thursday.
- Horace
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