Mix and Match

a cryptic puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Solution
Puzzle grid
The answer to each Mix and Match clue should be anagrammed into a new word, and then those new words should be paired to enter as 10-letter words in the grid. For example, the answers PASTE and TIRES could be mixed into TAPES and TRIES respectively and then matched to make TAPESTRIES. It’s up to you to locate the 10-letter words in the grid.

Across

  • 1.
    Bill’s partner announced big success (COUP)
  • 3.
    Ruthless twin measures one piece of cake (BARBARIC)
  • 10.
    Tough hyena’s tail bones (STERNA)
  • 11.
    You texted in country with a capital city on the Atlantic (LUANDA)
  • 12.
    Group of Russian workers allowed radium back (ARTEL)
  • 13.
    Kindergarten vandal at Halloween party (KEGGER)
  • 17.
    Stop sponsor of PBS retro epic (AENEID)
  • 18.
    Wild cat new to Cleo (OCELOT)
  • 22.
    Small mascot that is keeping time (PETITE)
  • 24.
    Band in accordance with a Grammy category (OPERA)
  • 25.
    Plains Indians love wise guys (OSAGES)
  • 26.
    Annul toll again? (REPEAL)
  • 27.
    Nets toss out Western wear (STETSONS)
  • 28.
    Bakery products come up in hearing (RYES)

Down

  • 1.
    Film award in “Chances Are” (CESAR)
  • 2.
    The sound of those matching trimmers (PARERS)
  • 4.
    Firm wall maintained by a tunneler (ADAMANT)
  • 5.
    Flemish guy who painted “Blue Lament” set (BRUEGEL)
  • 6.
    Saw spot turn gray (ADAGE)
  • 7.
    Called name in tabloid (RANG)
  • 8.
    Mixed race had absurd pretense (CHARADE)
  • 9.
    Picked up and moved male doll in the testing phase? (BETAKEN)
  • 14.
    Ordered to renounce belief? (DECREED)
  • 15.
    Tufts ceremony with yoga chants (POMPOMS)
  • 16.
    Oxygen in soda bottles is slow to move (LOITERS)
  • 17.
    Cooler bird that wades mythical river (ACHERON)
  • 19.
    One who makes collars bronze-colored (COPPER)
  • 20.
    Small cube ingested orally (EIGHT)
  • 21.
    Glen’s cousins start on draft beers (DALES)
  • 23.
    Use a weapon to stun teamster, oddly (TASE)

Mix and Match

  • a.
    Audibly cheer, “Way to go” (ROUTE)
  • b.
    Head of state dined on fish (SHAD)
  • c.
    Hazard the ultimate in road rage (DANGER)
  • d.
    Prepared a beret sales incentive (REBATE)
  • e.
    Tied up low rose (MOORED)
  • f.
    Reiner and Asner dressed for court (ROBED)
  • g.
    Chevy in Hollywood action sequence (CHASE)
  • h.
    In a snarl, Beldar sounded off loudly (BLARED)
  • i.
    Turning point in church in Georgia (HINGE)
  • j.
    At regular intervals, the utmost droning sounds (HUMS)
  • k.
    Vain hero we hear (IDLE)
  • l.
    Runs are hard to come by (RARE)