Guardian 25155 Saturday October 30th 2010
4d and 25-26a seem to clash. Bear with me; it is a little hard to explain!
4d. "[Huntsman]... holding up taxi, getting seasoner drunk, to pay close attention (3, 4, 4, 4). Answer appears to be PIN ONES EARS BACK. PINK is the answer to the previous clue ("Huntsman"), which I know is right; this holds ONESEARS ("seasoner drunk") and BAC ("up taxi'). So far so good.
25-26a. "Sequel to 18, making it 3, infuriates stout characters keeping half-hearted rabbit inside." Answer appears to be ANGOSTURA BITTERS. 18 is GIN AND, and 3 is PINK, as mentioned above. Wordplay is ANGERS containing OSTUT ("stout characters") with RABIT ("half-hearted rabbit") inside that. Still so far so good!
BUT both answers end on the same square, which cannot be both K and S. So which is wrong?