Fans of classic 12 will know that where ‘Q’ = ‘the number of’: Q26 x Q1D x (Q34 + [Q36D/5A x Q15D]) x Q14/20 = Q the puzzle. 14/20 is four words in total.
Across
1 Red vestment eastern compère retains (6)
10 Seeds of casaba once processed (10, two words)
11 Ruth from the East posed outside for painter (6)
15 Contralto with yen for bonbons (5)
16 Blissful Enid cycling in the City? (6)
22 Analyst’s father exactly mirrored John (8)
23 Quiet rivers fuel wells (7)
24 Crosses as decorations (4)
25 Criminal idle in old age (4)
27 Take a bath beside fellow washer (7, hyphened)
29 I...
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