| WRANGLE | We saw emails which showed BCM and the DW&S were in a tussle over the legality of the operation, which we described as a ... Like the name of cowboy jeans. (7) |
| RECOGNISE | Know you'll acknowledge the legality of (9) |
| HABEASCORPUS | Writ used to test the legality of an imprisonment (6,6) |
| EDITWAR | Tussle over a 58-Down entry |
| REOPEN | Look at again, like that email (which I will ideally, but not necessarily, summon the energy to reply to this time) |
| ANAPHORA | A rewrite of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" using ___: "A lamb quite little, Mary had / A lamb, fleece whi |
| PYRAMIDS | "See the ... along the Nile; Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle; Just remember, darling, all the whi |
| TCM | Network that fills in the blanks of the 1954 film "Whi_e _hrist_as" |
| FREEMIUM | A business model, especially on the Internet, whereby basic services are provided free of charge whi |
| VALIDATE | Ratify, confirm the legality (8) |
| DIRECTIVE | At the door of the high court, the DW&S released two stern documents sent to BCM about the legal and operational state of the plant. These instructions are known officially as? Be direct. (9) |
| INTENTION | The first directive issued to BCM by the DW&S was called a "notice of ..." Sounds like tension. (9) |
| UPSTAIRS | Puts on airs in a manner of speaking where the brains of the operation are (8) |
| MEDICOS | They treat the first person with a slipped disc about the start of the operation (7) |
| APPLIED | The ratepayers and residents association reacted to the news of the directives saying there was no evidence that BCM had ... for a licence, as they had been directed. (7) |
| ACRID | For years the residents and ratepayers have had a polite but ... exchange with BCM over the sewage spillage. (5) |
| AUTHORISATION | BCM was told by DW&S in their 2018 directive that the metro was operating the plant "without ..." See no 14. (13) |
| RED | The DW&S website Iris uses spot colours for sewage plants on its SA interactive map. Which is the most predominant dot colour? (3) |
| SLEW | Killed in a tussle with the enemy (4) |
| BYGONE | Former boy and gent shortly in a tussle (6) |
