Slang terms for law-enforcement officers and a pair of pairs of braces, in our roundup of the best of the broadsheet cryptics
We have a couple more Meet The Setter interviews coming soon, among them Knut, who has provided Independent solvers with a charming Independent puzzle on the theme of cycling which also finds space for a sideswipe at the current foreign secretary alongside a counter-intuitive definition ...
12acThe oddsof Boris never making a U-turn? (5)
[ hidden in (‘of’) BORISNEVER when reversed (‘making a U-turn’) ]
6acIdiotTrump initiative world leaders can reverse (6)
[ first letters (‘leaders’) of TRUMP INITIATIVE WORLD, then synonym for ‘can’, all reversed (‘reverse’) ]
11acPolice in New York beginning to shootrounds (5)
[ US slang for ‘police’ + first letter of (‘beginning to’) SHOOT ]
[ HEAT + S ]
16acSecond event: jewellery not allowed for caber-tossingduo (5)
[ abbrev. for ‘second’ + synonym for ‘event’; item of jewelry without (‘not’) synonym for ‘allowed’; anagram (‘tossing’) of CABER ]
[ B + RACE; BRACELET - LET; CABER jumbled ]